Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Maybe I differ from Ms Farrell on this but for a person who is experiencing a lot of pain and anguish daily with regard to their health concerns, I think CBD is something else that is worth trying. I hold this view. This is the reason I went in to buy it. That is the positive of it. When I was in the store, however, I felt the retail assistant was giving advice over and above what should have been given.

Another aspect is that we have all been in a situation when on Friday night we have had to run up to a local Tesco store to buy a bottle of Calpol or two, and then be told by the retailer that this is the most you can buy. It seems to me, however, that you can buy the whole shelf of CBD oils. From what I could see, there does not seem to be any cut-off in that regard. Maybe there is a cut-off with the CBD products, and perhaps the HPRA could enlighten me on that.

Head shops were very much in vogue a decade ago, on which there was a national debate. There has been an analysis of a number of products being sold in them. Dr. Pierce Kavanagh of the department of pharmacology in Trinity College Dublin recently highlighted the presence of naphyrone, which is being sold in head shops. Perhaps such shops are calling themselves something different these days, but that drug can be purchased in shops in Dublin city and throughout Ireland. Will Dr. Nolan clarify if the HPRA has regulatory oversight or concern on that?