Macedonia Allows Medical Marijuana in Pharmacies

Cannabis oil with a lower concentration of cannabinoids that have psychotropic effects should be available to patients without prescription from this week, Marija Darkovska, the head of Macedonia’s Agency for Medical Drugs, said on Tuesday.

Also this week, Macedonian medical specialists start training on how to prescribe the stronger cannabis products that should become available by the end of June.

“There will be two types of oils in the pharmacies. The one with less than 0.2 per cent cannabinoids will be available without prescription beginning this week,” said Darkovska.

“The other type of oil will have more than 0.2 per cent cannabinoids and it will be available only on prescription. This oil should be in pharmacies by the end of June when we plan to finish the training for medical specialists,” she added.

The law governing the issue says that only neurologists, radiologists, infectious diseases specialists and oncologists will be...

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