State says legalising cannabis products containing THC is ‘premature’

The claim appeared in a legal challenge to the no-tolerance policy in Irish law for products containing the main psychoactive compound in cannabis

Cannabis: state says it would be premature to legalise cannabis-based products with trace levels of the psychoactive compound THC

It would be “premature” to legalise cannabis-based products with trace levels of a psychoactive compound, the state has said in court documents.

The claim appeared in a legal challenge to the no-tolerance policy in Irish law for products containing any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis. The case relates to vials of hemp oil which were seized by the Revenue Commissioners in October 2020.

There are at least three High Court ...