A provisional evaluation of Australia's medical cannabis program

Title: A provisional evaluation of Australia's medical cannabis program
Creator: Graham, Myfanwy; Chiu, Vivian; Stjepanović, Daniel; Hall, Wayne
Relation: International Journal of Drug Policy Vol. 122, Issue December 2023, no. 104210
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104210
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2023
Description: In 2016, the Australian Government legislated to allow cannabis to be prescribed to patients as an unapproved medicine under the special access provisions of the Therapeutic Goods Act. This paper compares the Australian regulatory approach with other national approaches, outlines the main provisions of the Special Access Scheme for medical cannabis, describes how the program has evolved since 2017, includes an analysis of adverse events reported to the Therapeutic Goods Administration, and discusses the barriers that remain for patients who wish to access medical cannabis. It assesses how well the Australian program has addressed the challenges of providing patients with easier access to medical cannabis while ensuring that high-quality products are used safely and effectively under medical guidance.
Subject: medical cannabis; special access scheme; health policy; medicines regulation; adverse events
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1491368
Identifier: uon:53150
Identifier: ISSN:0955-3959
Rights: x
Language: eng
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