During its general assembly on February 18, 2023, the UFCM-i Care association decided unanimously by the voices represented to finalize the closure of the association’s activities.
Since 2012, UFCM-I Care has been raising awareness among the public, health professionals and the political community of the need to legalize therapeutic cannabis in France.
The objectives of the association were in particular to inform and fight against stigmatization, to guide patients and healthcare professionals and to support and defend the rights and interests of patients.
Each year, UFMC-I Care organized an international symposium on pharmacological advances and therapeutic uses of cannabinoids, usually in Strasbourg but in Paris in 2018, which brought together between 200 and 300 people. Renowned panelists came to these conferences: Raphaël Mechoulam, Franjo Grotenhermen, Ethan Russo or Raquel Peyraube.
As soon as it was created, patients took over the management of the association and decided to stop when health professionals and the medical production sector came to the fore.
“This is what is happening today and this is what we are doing, perhaps a little more radically than envisaged but the context is there” explains the press release.
In the press release, the members of the association’s board of directors thank “all those thanks to whom the success of its activity has been ensured as well as our financial partners (Sensi Seeds, Storz&Bickel, Aurora, Solanaceae editions, etc.). »
The UFCM – I Care conferences remain available on Youtube.
