Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

A new system would be set up to control how medical cannabis is grown, imported, sold, labelled, tested and advertised in Ireland. It would create a Cannabis Regulation Authority and a Cannabis Research Institute, and require licences for wholesalers, retailers, importers and producers, with pharmacies playing the main retail role. The rules would restrict sales to people with a doctor’s recommendation, limit quantities, ban sales to children, and require plain packaging, warning labels, product testing and record-keeping. It would also tighten oversight by allowing inspections, penalties and licence revocation, while updating existing drug and workplace-smoking laws to fit the new medical cannabis regime.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use and for that purpose to establish the Cannabis Regulation Authority; to provide for the licensing of the supply of cannabis for medicinal use; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 13 February 2020