2,500 sign mothers’ petition seeking legalisation of medicinal cannabis

A petition launched by two mothers who are seeking the legalisation of medicinal cannabis has gained 2,500 signatures in less than a week.

Noreen O’Neill and Vera Twomey are backing the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016, which has cleared the first two stages in the Dáil, but remains in the third, committee stage.

Both women say their children have benefited from treatments from oils such as cannabidiol (CBD) oil and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which are derived from cannabis.