10 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2018/2775(RSP)
Amendment 4 #
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, according to the World Health Organisation1 a, cannabis use in general has an adverse impact on cognitive development, including associative neurological processes, memory and psychomotor functions, and has chronic harmful effects on the psychological health of users and other aspects of their health; _________________ 1a http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts /cannabis/en/
Amendment 16 #
Recital G
G. whereas the policy landscape for medical cannabis and general attitude to cannabis is evolving both in the EU and worldwide;
Amendment 18 #
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the use of cannabis in general may have an addictive effect and is responsible for significant social and health problems; whereas, therefore, addiction prevention and monitoring and control of illegal practices remain necessary, especially where medical cannabis is to be used more widely;
Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for the Commission and national authorities to draw a clear distinction between medical cannabis and other applications of cannabis, many of which are illegal and possibly harmful to health;
Amendment 52 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to preventively exclude minors and other vulnerable groups that are susceptible to addiction from any form of such research and other research;
Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of close cooperation and coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in connection with further EU steps in the field of medical cannabis;
Amendment 75 #
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to ensure that research into, and use of, medical cannabis in the Union does not in any way favour criminal drugs networks or cause them to expand;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines how aNotes that no comprehensive regulation of medical cannabis would translate in additional resources for public authorities, would limit the black market for medical cannabis consumption, would help control points of sale, would limit the access of this substance to minors and would give a legal and safe access to patients for its medicinal use - with particular precautions for young people and pregnant womehas yet been introduced in the Union;
Amendment 83 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that strict prevention of addiction among minors and vulnerable groups must always form part of every regulatory framework;
Amendment 84 #
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the need for strictly harmonised uniform regulation throughout the Union and in all Member States in order to prevent undesirable cannabis tourism for recreational purposes and the associated cross-border crime, smuggling and nuisance;