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20th February 2023
Ukraine: The parliamentary Committee on the Health of the Nation, Medical Care and Health Insurance has considered bill 7457 on the use of medical cannabis. Mykhailo Radutskyi, the chairman of the committee, said that this bill was considered by the committee and submitted for the first reading to the parliament in 2022. After conducting additional consultations and obtaining conclusions about the compliance of the bill with EU law, the committee prepared some amendments. Among other things, it would set the THC limit for industrial hemp at 0.3%, while the limit for medical cannabis would be higher.31st January 2023
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Aid and Medical Insurance, told press yesterday that the number of patients needing medical cannabis preparations in Ukraine is increasing. He said Bill 7457, regulating medical cannabis, was ready for its first reading, which is planned for February. He said he believed it had a chance of passing the vote, but that the Ukrainian public had not yet moved away from a stereotypical view of cannabis.
25th January 2023
- Ukraine: Ukrainian patients, veterans and human rights organisations have appealed to MPs to adopt Bill 7457 on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, media reports. In total, 89 public organisations already support the appeal. Bill 7457 was registered in the parliament in June 2022, but has not yet been discussed.
4th October 2022
Ukraine: The head of the parliamentary committee on public health, medical care and medical insurance, Mykhailo Radutsky, has said there is not enough support in parliament to pass Bill 7457 on the legalisation of medical cannabis, media reports. The government supported the bill in June, however, it has not yet been discussed in parliament. Radutsky addded that at least 2m-3m Ukrainians needed medical cannabis before the full-scale war with Russia began in February, and that this number had increased significantly since.
7th September 2022
Ukraine: An industrial park for research, cultivation, selection, processing and production of hemp is to be opened soon in the Rivne oblast, a region in western Ukraine with a population of 1.1m, media reports.
4th August 2022
Ukraine: Mykhailo Radutskyi of the ruling Servant of the People party, head of the parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Care and Medical Insurance, predicts that bill 7457 to legalise medical cannabis will have its first reading in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in August, media reports. “This is our third attempt to pass a law on medical cannabis. One was in the previous session, one in ours. The draft law will not pass easily because PR is more important to politicians than the needs of sick people,” Radutskyi said.
15th June 2022
Ukraine: The parliamentary Health Committee has supported Bill 7457 on the regulation of medical cannabis for treatment of cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by the war, media reports. The bill would provide for the establishment of strict control over the cultivation, production and sale of drugs.
13th June 2022
Ukraine: Bill 7457, on the regulation of medical cannabis for treatment of cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by the war, has been submitted by the cabinet to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). The bill would provide for the establishment of strict control over the cultivation, production and sale of cannabis-derived drugs and related scientific activities.
8th June 2022
- Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine supported the bill that will regulate the circulation of cannabis for medical, industrial purposes, scientific and scientific-technical activities. Reportedly, this bill will expand patients' access to the necessary treatment for a number of diseases, including cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill is not circulated publicly yet, but it would provide for the establishment of strict control over the cultivation, production and sale of drugs. The Ministry of Health expects that the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, will adopt the bill.
18th February 2022
- Ukraine: The Ministry of Health has published a bill, “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Regulation of the Circulation of Cannabis Plants for Medical, Industrial and Research Purposes”. The bill would establish requirements for controlled cannabis cultivation and its use in specified areas. Suggestions and comments on the bill can be sent within 30 days from the date of publication to the Ministry of Health by post: st. Hrushevskoho, 7, Kyiv, 01601 or by e-mail: moz.pharma24@gmail.com.
17th February 2022
Ukraine: Health minister Viktor Liashko has said the ministry will submit a bill to legalise medical cannabis to parliament soon, media reports. However, the exact date has not been specified. Reportedly, the bill would require licences for any activity related to cannabis sales, production or research.
