Gino Kenny of Solidarity – People Before Profit has announced that the party will introduce a bill in Ireland next year to legalize cannabis, according to an Irish Central report.
“Next year People Before Profit will bring forward legislation to end the prohibition of cannabis in Ireland,” Kenny wrote on Twitter. “This will be the first time in eight years that a bill to legalise cannabis will be before the Dáil. Looking forward to the debate ahead in 2021.”
Kenny has been a longtime advocate for cannabis, Irish Central reported, and has fought for medical cannabis access since he was elected to the Dáil in 2016.
Kenny played a major role in launching Ireland’s current five-year medical cannabis pilot program, which allows patients with certain conditions to apply to use medical cannabis, according to the news outlet.
