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New Zealand: Medicinal cannabis users want 'urgent independent inquiry'

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/02/2016 - 08:59

A group of medicinal cannabis users and supporters say the Ministry of Health was biased in its review of Government guidelines for accessing cannabis products.

Former Council of Trade Unions boss Helen Kelly, Nelson teenager Alex Renton's mother, Rose, and Wairarapa teenager Grace Yeats' mother, Tracy, are part of the group demanding an urgent independent inquiry.

After the guidelines for the application process were reviewed, Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne last month announced only minor changes, based on the advice of medical experts.

Rose Renton, medicinal cannabis campaigner and mother of deceased Nelson teenager, Alex Renton.
MARION VAN DIJK/FAIRFAX NZ

Rose Renton, medicinal cannabis campaigner and mother of deceased Nelson teenager, Alex Renton.

 

The guidelines were introduced last year after Renton, successfully applied to Dunne for a cannabis product, Elixinol.

Currently the only cannabis-based product available in New Zealand that didn't require ministerial approval from Dunne was Sativex.

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