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Medicinal cannabis in Australia: the missing links
Author(s) -
Martin Jennifer H,
Bonomo Yvonne
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.00763
Subject(s) - newcastle upon tyne , newcastle disease , citation , library science , media studies , sociology , history , art history , medicine , computer science , virus , virology
Online first 30/05/16 S behind the times on the medicinal use of cannabis”, there appears to have been a palpable change in community attitudes around cannabis as medicine. This has occurred alongside anecdotal reports from people with intractable illnesses who have had symptomatic benefit with cannabis. Palliative care specialists have acknowledged a potential role for medicinal cannabis in their specialty. Internationally, the scene is also changing. For example, the Netherlands Office of Medicinal Cannabis enables dispensation through pharmacies after purchase from a contracted company, which also exports to other European countries. In theUnited States, 23 states andWashington, DC, have legalised marijuana in some form, mostly for medicinal purposes, since June 2015.