German court: chronically ill could grow marijuana

July 22, 2014
robomayor
International, Policy & Legal
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BERLIN (AP) — Some Germans may soon be able to grow their own marijuana to relieve chronic pain after a ruling from a court in Cologne.

The Cologne administrative court ruled Tuesday in favor of three plaintiffs who had sued for the right to grow marijuana for therapeutic purposes, sending the cases back to the government agency responsible for approving medical marijuana products.

The court says the three demonstrated they could not combat their pain any other way and could not afford to purchase medical marijuana, which is permitted in Germany but not usually covered by the country’s health insurance system.

The court also stipulated that allowing marijuana cultivation should depend upon a “thorough and individual” examination of each case, and rejected two other claims..[Read More…]

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