(NdlR : Medical Cannabis is fully legal worldwide... This is the purpose of the UN narcotic drugs schedules to ensure that Cannabis as all other substances "under control" are prohibited for non therapeutic use and so are strictly reserved for medical or scientific purposes...)
Although these conclusions are only recommendations, that will need to be approved by the government, they represent a positive approach to medical cannabis in France.
A full review of medical cannabis is expected by 2019. The next step for this committee is to research how medical cannabis should be made available in France. In the meantime, the French Ministry of Health is now expected to decide whether or not to implement the recommendations of the ANSM.
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