Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is, it is relevant to the discussions that were had with Prime Minister Trudeau and whether we might learn something from Canada in its attitude towards the issue of cannabis and specifically medicinal cannabis given that there are thousands of people out there suffering from pain and other conditions who could benefit from it. His Government has cynically tried to bury that Bill rather than progress it and accept the amendments that Deputy Gino Kenny has proposed to deal with some of the so-called concerns that have been raised.

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