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Confusing for doctors, inequitable for patients: why Australia’s medicinal cannabis system needs urgent reform

  • Written by Christine Mary Hallinan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Confusing for doctors, inequitable for patients: why Australia’s medicinal cannabis system needs urgent reformVanessa Nunes/Getty Images

In 2024 alone, Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), authorised at least 979,000 prescription applications for medicinal cannabis through its specialised access pathways.

These “specialised access” mechanisms were originally designed for occasional, case-by-case use...

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