ADVISORY BODY TO PROVIDE FRAMEWORK ON MEDICAL CANNABIS

摘要

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs(ACMD)has been asked to provide an outline framework on medical cannabis by the end of 2019,with the aim of having an initial view by the end of 2020.Roger Knaggs,specialist pharmacist in pain management and recent appointee to the ACMD,which is responsible for advising the government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs,told The Pharmaceutical Journal that cannabis was”definitely”going to occupy a lot of the ACMD's time”for a whole host of reasons”(see Q&A,page 284).