Table 1 Reasons requiring maintenance of a separate stream for cannabinoid-based medicine (CBM)
From: Why a distinct medical stream is necessary to support patients using cannabis for medical purposes
• Ensure adequate guidance from healthcare providers (HCPs) to medical cannabis user |
• Provide monitoring for adverse events and completion of adverse drug event forms by HCP |
• Eliminate stigma experienced by CBM users and providers |
• Enable reimbursement of CBM |
• Facilitate removal of taxation on CBM |
• Promote research on all aspects of CBM |
• Ensure adequate supply of medical CBM products |