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Rachel Treisman

The war is speeding up Ukraine's efforts to legalize medical cannabis

An activist holds a placard depicting cannabis leaves during a protest in Kyiv in May 2017. Ukraine is moving closer to legalizing medical cannabis, fueled in part by Russia's war. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine's government is moving to legalize medical cannabis, in part due to the trauma wrought by Russia.

Minister of Healthcare Viktor Liashko wrote on Facebook on Tuesday – more than 100 days into the war – that Ukraine's cabinet had approved a bill "on regulating the circulation of cannabis plants for medical, industrial purposes, scientific and scientific-technical activities to create the conditions for expanding the access of patients to the necessary treatment of cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from war."

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