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Ukraine Legalizes Medical Cannabis. The legalization of medical cannabis entered into force in Ukraine on Aug. 16, allowing veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and people with serious illnesses such as cancer to access the drug. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law on medical

Ukraine Legalizes Medical Cannabis Amidst Growing Support for War-Related Medical Needs. Ukraine’s president signed a law to legalize the use of medical cannabis in Ukraine amidst the growing voice for its adoption in the country to help cope with war-related medical conditions. President Volodymyr

Ukraine Officially Approves Medicinal Use of Cannabis. In December 2023, Ukrainian Parliament officially approved a bill originally drafted in Feb 2022 legalising the medicinal use of cannabis. 248 MPs voted in favour of the bill, a result that was expected given the early approval of the first

The law legalising medical marijuana in Ukraine was adopted with 248 votes in favour, 16 votes against, 33 abstentions and 40 members not voting. Ukraine, that has been in war with Russia for almost two years now, has adopted a new law legalising medical marijuana to help treat post-traumatic stress

Many Ukrainian soldiers smoke weed to treat their pain, even though few will admit it in public. “I know a lot of guys who lost their legs or arms and turned to cannabis,” a French soldier fighting for Ukraine told the Kyiv Independent, speaking anonymously to avoid backlash. Wounded soldiers tend

A bill is awaiting approval in the Ukrainian parliament that would legalize the use of cannabis to treat medical conditions. In July 2023, a preliminary version of bill #7457 was approved with 268 votes out of the 450 member Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. More than 800 amendments have

In a modest Kyiv apartment, off-duty soldiers meet to smoke cannabis and forget, for a moment, the things they have seen. They don't want to be identified. The drug is frowned upon in the military, even here, far from the front. One of the soldiers is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky calls MPs to speed the process to legalize medical cannabis amid the war against Russia’s invasion. In a speech in front of the Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral Parliament of Ukraine, on the occasion of Constitution Day on June 28, Zelensky stressed the need to

President Zelensky told parliament Ukraine “must finally fairly legalize cannabis-based medicines for all those who need them.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called on lawmakers to legalize medical cannabis, saying the treatment could provide relief to those in the country

Canadian Rockies Hemp Corp. opened last year in Bruderheim, Alta. Nestled inside a processing plant in Bruderheim, Alta., lie sacks of hemp seeds from the Institute of Bast Crops in Ukraine. The institute, the country's national academy for agrarian sciences, is in northeast Ukraine, a region that

In July 2022, the Ukraine's Ministry of Healthcare (MoH) published for public discussion a draft governmental resolution (“Draft Resolution”) aimed at relaxing current cannabis legislation in Ukraine to facilitate medical use of cannabis-based products. The MoH proposes amending the Resolution of

While recreational cannabis remains illegal in Ukraine, the country is slowly moving towards legalizing the plant’s medicinal use. The Russian war has affected the mental health of many Ukrainians, something that might push the country to legalize medical marijuana. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Minister of