Australians’ use of medicinal cannabis is surging, driven by easy over-the-phone prescriptions and products that are better quality, more reliable and cheaper than the illegal “green” market.
Now he can run around the park and kick a football with his son. He gets eight to nine hours of sleep a night. “I’m back exercising,” he tellsSince he began using an oil product 18 months ago, Johns says he has “hardly had an inflammatory”. Other former footballers are using it too. “One in his 60s, a well-known guy, who’s had a lot of arthritic problems, said, ‘mate, I’m back walking’.”
He also talked me through the dizzying array of products on the market, mostly in oil or flower form, and told me that if I had been under 25, he would not have given me a prescription due to concerns that young brains are still developing. I signed a declaration that I had been informed of the risks.
My experience was gold standard. My colleague’s wasn’t. Experiences such as his have raised concerns that obtaining prescriptions for medicinal cannabis can be too easy. In a statement, the TGA said it had not turned down a prescription application since August 2020. Between 2015 and 2020, seven were refused. There is no data on how many doctors refused to write scripts. "Medico-legal responsibility for prescribing an unapproved product rests with the prescriber," it said.
A report from FreshLeaf analytics found that by the third quarter of 2021, medicinal flower was cheaper per gram than so-called “green market” flower.magazine, Byron Bay doctor Jamie Rickcord said the word was out “that medical stuff is far superior and many people want access to it. They are using a medical condition to get legal access to the best flower they have ever seen.
On Tuesday, the TGA issued 73 infringement notices worth almost $1 million to three medical cannabis companies, including Cannatrek, for promoting prescription-only products. Some of the advertising also allegedly referred to the treatment of serious illnesses and implied that particular products were recommended by a government authority.
It’s expensive, but the costs are slowly falling. A FreshLeaf Analytics report found the average monthly spend by patients has fallen from more than $400 a month in the first quarter of 2020 to $278 a month in the third quarter of 2021, even as the average dose increased.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
JordsBaker If I'm not mistaken, there's no risk to your driving licence from CBD oil mixed with melatonin. It creates no 'high' sensation but works wonders for sleep.
JordsBaker One thing that's not quite correct, prescription flower is way more expensive than the illegal kind. Close to double the price.
JordsBaker Cheaper to call a guy...
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JordsBaker Yes, but what do cafe owners think about this? I must know.
JordsBaker [Air quotes] “prescriptions” *cough*
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