(Re)introducing medicinal cannabis

• 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 pa...

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Published in:	Medical journal of Australia Vol. 199; no. 11; pp. 759 - 761
Main Authors:	Mather, Laurence E, Rauwendaal, Evert R, Moxham‐Hall, Vivienne L, Wodak, Alex D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Australia 16-12-2013
Subjects:	Drug and Narcotic Control - legislation & jurisprudence Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Medical Marijuana - supply & distribution Medical Marijuana - therapeutic use Nausea - drug therapy Neoplasms Nervous system diseases New South Wales Pain - drug therapy New South Wales
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Summary:	• 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.
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ISSN:	0025-729X 1326-5377
DOI:	10.5694/mja13.10728