Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I accept what Deputy Durkan says about there being a debate between recreational and medicinal use. As for whether both are mixed up at times, the answer is "Yes", and sometimes it is very difficult to differentiate in the debate. I regard "medicinal" as meaning the extract from the full plant and that is how I define cannabis. I regard it as the organic cannabis plant and its derivatives, of which there are over 700. The two most known of these are CBD and THC and CBD oil is perfectly legal in this country, though if it has over 0.2% of THC it is deemed illegal. People who want to use cannabis to treat their condition want an element of THC. They do not, however, want to get stoned.