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Barriers and facilitators to prescribing medicinal cannabis in New Zealand [PDF]

Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Introduction The New Zealand Medicinal Cannabis Scheme (NZMCS) was established in April 2020 with the aim of expanding access to quality controlled medicinal cannabis products and developing a domestic medicinal cannabis industry.
Chris Wilkins, Marta Rychert, Vinuli Withanarachchie   +2 more
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Implementation of medicinal cannabis in Australia: innovation or upheaval? Perspectives from physicians as key informants, a qualitative analysis

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective We sought to explore physician perspectives on the prescribing of cannabinoids to patients to gain a deeper understanding of the issues faced by prescriber and public health advisors in the rollout of medicinal cannabis.Design A thematic ...
Christine Mary Hallinan, Jane Maree Gunn, Yvonne Ann Bonomo   +2 more
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Views on and experiences with medicinal cannabis among Canadian veterans who live with pain: A qualitative study

Canadian Journal of Pain, 2023
Background During fiscal year 2021–2022, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) reimbursed 18,388 veterans for medicinal cannabis at a cost of $153 million. Yet, it is not known whether the reimbursement program is producing a net benefit for veterans.Aims This ...
David P. Storey, Natalie R. Keeler-Villa, Nick Harris, Jennifer Anthonypillai, Gregory K. Tippin, Vikas Parihar, Joshua A. Rash   +6 more
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Medicinal Cannabis and Central Nervous System Disorders

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Cannabinoids, including those found in cannabis, have shown promise as potential therapeutics for numerous health issues, including pathological pain and diseases that produce an impact on neurological processing and function.
Yuma T. Ortiz, Lance R. McMahon, Jenny L. Wilkerson   +2 more
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Medicinal cannabis [PDF]

Australian Prescriber, 2015
A number of therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives have been postulated from preclinical investigations. Possible clinical indications include spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis, cancer-associated nausea and vomiting, cancer pain and HIV neuropathy.
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Using Social Media Data to Investigate Public Perceptions of Cannabis as a Medicine: Narrative Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
BackgroundThe use and acceptance of medicinal cannabis is on the rise across the globe. To support the interests of public health, evidence relating to its use, effects, and safety is required to match this community demand.
Sedigh Khademi, Christine Mary Hallinan, Mike Conway, Yvonne Bonomo   +3 more
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Brief interventions for cannabis use in emerging adults: protocol for a systematic review, meta-analysis, and evidence map

Systematic Reviews, 2018
Background Rates of cannabis use are highest during emerging adulthood (age 18–25), with the prevalence of near daily and daily increasing among this age group.
Jillian Halladay, Tashia Petker, Allan Fein, Catharine Munn, James MacKillop   +4 more
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Cannabis Medicinal

Cadernos de Educação Básica, 2021
O estudo de caso é uma das linhas de pesquisa das metodologias ativas e destaca-se por oferecer aos estudantes o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos acadêmicos e de atitudes propositivas em relação à realidade em que estão inseridos. Com o objetivo de discutir sobre o uso terapêutico da Cannabis sativa na epilepsia, denominada Dravet, e no combate a ...
Ana Paula Albuquerque de Sousa, Nágla de Assis Costa, Silvia Helena Barros Costa   +2 more
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The Role of Medicinal Cannabis in Clinical Therapy: Pharmacists' Perspectives. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:Medicinal cannabis has recently attracted much media attention in Australia and across the world. With the exception of a few countries, cannabinoids remain illegal-known for their adverse effects rather than their medicinal application and ...
Sami Isaac, Bandana Saini, Betty B Chaar
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Panorama del cannabis medicinal en el contexto rural integral colombiano

PODIUM, 2023
El cannabis medicinal en Colombia constata diversas inequidades para potenciar la industria que enfrenta grandes desafíos al abastecer la demanda, por lo tanto, la presente investigación tuvo como objeto identificar el panorama del cannabis medicinal ...
Harold Anderson Bustamante Matoma, Vladimir Murillo Ortega   +1 more
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