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

I would like the Department of Health to state whether one can overdose on CBD and answer all the other questions I posed.

There are ten countries in the European Union that have programmes similar to the one the Department is trying to advocate. It is a regressive programme. It is not even restrictive. Why is the bar so high that it means virtually nothing to anybody? In terms of the overall picture and regardless of whether people in this room agree, there are people in this country using cannabis to treat their conditions and they are criminalised. That is immoral. They should have the choice to go to their GP or consultant to get medicine that may not be recognised by the HPRA. Under the licence system, one family has gained legal access to it for their child. Why should other families not gain access to it? The system is not in place because it needs legislative change. That is why we have put this Bill forward and I think we will be successful. The onus is on everybody in this room, like it or not, to answer people who say that they will be medically discriminated against because they are not part of that access programme. I would like to see anyone here, member or not, sit in a room with a person who suffers chronic pain and will now suffer again because they are left out, and say that to their face.