"Cultivation of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes needs considered management before it is rolled out as a therapeutic good" is the considered opinion of the authors of this paper in the Medical Journal of Australia. Community attitudes around cannabis as a medicine have changed recently both locally and internationally. For example, since this time last year, 23 US states have legalised marijuana in some form.
The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes needs to be "regulated in a way that enables suitable provision to those who may benefit"conclude the authors. One of them, Jennifer Martin, was interviewed on ABC Radio's World Today about this article and she emphasised how important it is to educate the public about what medical cannabis actually is, before it's rolled out for therapeutic use.
Listen to the radio interview or read the transcrip here.
The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes needs to be "regulated in a way that enables suitable provision to those who may benefit"conclude the authors. One of them, Jennifer Martin, was interviewed on ABC Radio's World Today about this article and she emphasised how important it is to educate the public about what medical cannabis actually is, before it's rolled out for therapeutic use.
Listen to the radio interview or read the transcrip here.
Medicinal cannabis in Australia: the missing links by Jennifer H. Martin & Yvonne A. Bonomo, (2016). Medical Journal of Australia 204(10):371-3. DOI:10.5694/mja16.00234
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