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Calls for progress on medicinal cannabis

Consultation last held in 2019

There have been calls to speed up the roll out of regulated medicinal cannabis on the Isle of Man.

This week, a group of protesters were calling for progress on the issue, after a consultation on the introduction of medical use of the drug was held in 2019.

More than half of the 3,000 respondents supported the change.

These protestors say it's time medicinal use was permitted:      

Chief Constable Gary Roberts' annual report highlights cannabis as the most popular controlled substance on the Island.

When asked about decriminalisation, he had this to say: 

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