“The Cabinet of Ministers supported the bill “On regulating the circulation of plants of the hemp genus (Cannabis) for medical and industrial purposes, scientific and scientific and technical activities and creating conditions for expanding patients’ access to the necessary treatment for oncological diseases and post-traumatic stress disorders resulting from military operations,” he wrote on his social media account.

According to him, Ukraine has already prepared a legislative framework to ensure the full cycle of production of cannabis-based drugs in Ukraine - from cultivation and processing to full-fledged production.

The report also says that the cultivation, production and sale of relevant drugs will be strictly controlled by the authorities.

“Not to import, but to make ours, Ukrainian,” Lyashko said.

In October 2019, it became known that Ukraine had prepared a bill on medical marijuana.