Officials in the Crown Dependency have addressed calls for further governance and regulation of the island’s medicinal cannabis industry.
Speaking at a meeting of the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel on Thursday 8 June, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Karen Wilson, spoke of plans to establish a ‘Cannabis Agency’ to help tackle the lack of regulation in the sector.
Responding to questions from Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel chair Deputy Rob Ward, Wilson said the agency would help officials understand the regulatory requirements of the sector in order to ensure high standards to protect both patients and the industry.
It comes following the launch of a petition calling for a medicinal cannabis ‘watchdog service’ to be established to regulate clinics on the island and ensure patients are receiving ‘optimal care’.
Medicinal cannabis has been legally prescribed in Jersey since 2018, initially through private clinics operating on the mainland UK and now also through on-island clinics, with around 4,000 patients currently thought to hold prescriptions.
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