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Medical 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Ukraine’s first patients receive prescribed cannabis capsules

Index score

1920

+1 point

Three patients in Vinnytsia became the first to receive prescribed medical-cannabis medicines. The Health Ministry reported six operating pharmacies in six cities; the first dispensing involved delta-9 THC capsules. This put the 2024 framework into practical use.[1]

Score by segment 0 to 10

  1. Possession · 25%2 2
  2. Personal cultivation · 25%2 2
  3. Punishment & enforcement · 20%3 3
  4. Sharing & gifting · 10%1 1
  5. Consumption · 10%2 2
  6. Legal access · 10%0 1+1

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. The scores after the change are Ukraine's current scores.

References

  1. Ukraine Ministry of Health — First dispensing, 11 June 2026archived

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

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