New Zealand: International Expertise on Medicinal Cannabis Needed, Advocates Say
Medicinal cannabis advocates in Nelson are among those wanting international input after a "disappointing" review of guidelines for the drug.
A government review of the guidelines released last month said five medical professionals who had made at least one application to prescribe approved medicinal cannabis product Sativex unanimously supported the current rules, suggesting only minor changes.
Requirements to have exhausted all other treatment options to gain approval for Sativex and to be hospitalised if taking unapproved cannabis-based medicine were removed but several advocates said the review didn't go far enough.
Rebecca Reider's case at the Nelson District Court exposed a loophole in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. She believes the government's recent review of medicinal cannabis prescription guidelines was an "echo
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