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(Re)introducing medicinal cannabis
Author(s) -
Mather Laurence E,
Rauwendaal Evert R,
MoxhamHall Vivienne L,
Wodak Alex D
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja13.10728
Subject(s) - cannabis , pharmacotherapy , legislature , government (linguistics) , recreation , scientific evidence , medicine , psychiatry , recreational use , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology
• After considering extensive scientific and medical evidence, a New South Wales Legislative Council multiparty committee recommended that medicinal cannabis should lawfully be made available for selected-use pharmacotherapy. • The evidence indicates that cannabis has genuine medicinal utility in patients with certain neuropathic conditions, with acceptable levels of risk from mostly mild side effects. • The potential medical benefits of cannabis pharmacotherapy have largely been overlooked, with research and society's attention, in most parts of the world, being directed towards the hazards of its recreational use. • The NSW Government has since dismissed the unanimous and compassionate recommendations of their committee.