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Several Lithuanian lawmakers proposed on Friday to launch a discussion on legalizing medical cannabis for treating cancer patients and other severely ill people.
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"All the best possible treatments have to be available and we suggest starting a discussion on the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of severely ill patients," Mykolas Majauskas, chairman of the Seimas Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention, said at a news conference.

Irena Degutienė, another lawmaker of the conservative H

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