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Why more people are turning to medicinal cannabis – Sydney Morning Herald
As local manufacturing picks up, prices drop and prescribers feel more comfortable handing it to patients, medicinal cannabis use is soaring.
“[That] tells us that doctors are having more confidence in the safety and efficacy of the products,” he said.
“Also, the research is catching up.”
Professor Iain McGregor, from the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics at the University of Sydney, said there was “increasingly good evidence” that cannabis was effective.
“It helps people get off more sinister drugs, particularly prescription opioids and Lyrica-type drugs as well, which can be very problematic,” he said.
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