Uruguayan Government Promotes Medical Marijuana Research
MONTEVIDEO – The Uruguayan government wants to spur research on medical marijuana under the 2013 legislation that decriminalized cannabis in the country, Milton Romani, secretary-general of the National Drugs Board, told EFE.
After a videoconference with Israeli experts, Romani said that Uruguay’s legal framework on marijuana “provides a comparative advantage” over other countries in developing medical uses of cannabis.
Dr. Itai Gur-Arie, head of Sheba Pain Clinic, said research on medicinal marijuana faces obstacles in Israel, where the substance is still banned.
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Roughly 23,500 patients – 40 percent of them with cancer – in Israel are being treated with some of the diverse cannabinoids present in marijuana.
While acknowledging the lack of conclusive studies, the Israeli participants in the teleconference said that they have enough data to demonstrate the therapeutic value of...
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