Dolores Pickering and her son Jason, from Wiltshire, England, were detained for hours at Dublin Airport on December 23rd after voluntarily declaring that Jason was carrying 20g of medicinal cannabis for a prescribed anxiety condition. Despite being legal under strict circumstances in the UK, cannabis remains a controlled substance in Ireland and cannot be legally held. This situation has been described as 'ludicrous' by a leading campaigner for law reform.
Dolores Pickering, an Irish national living in the UK, says Christmas ‘absolutely ruined’ after she and her son - who has been prescribed cannabis for chronic anxiety - are questioned
When they arrived, they presented themselves to Customs officials and explained he was carrying just under 20g of leaf cannabis, legally prescribed by a clinic in London to treat a chronic anxiety condition.
Jason Pickering with a container of his prescribed medicinal cannabis. Photograph: Jon Rowley/The Irish Times He said he had come to Ireland on several occasions without issue, but this time “had been made to feel like a criminal. “It ruined our Christmas, absolutely ruined it. We came home and we’ve literally been sitting indoors ever since. It was an interrogation that was so unnecessary when he had everything legal in front of them.”, who spent years campaigning for the legalisation of medicinal cannabis and who lost his Dáil seat in the general election last November said he was entirely unsurprised by the story.
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