Healthcare professionals

This section is intended for healthcare professionals.

Who can prescribe and dispense medicinal cannabis depends on country specific policy. Most often health professionals are the gatekeepers to patient access. In particular, prescribers and pharmacists have an important role to play. In a prescriber-pharmacy model, patients are offered more objective communication of risks and benefits, and the safety of health professional guidance.

However, many health professionals do not know how medicinal cannabis should be prescribed and dispensed. This is not surprising given that medicinal cannabis is a new class of medicine. Hopefully this part of the site will provide you with the necessary insights.