US EditionSpain green-lights use of medical cannabis
Hospital specialists can now prescribe cannabis-based medicines to patients with chronic pain, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis under a regulated system covering around 300,000 users, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Spanish Cabinet approved a royal decree legalising cannabis for medicinal use, allowing hospital specialists to prescribe cannabis-based medicines.
- Spain's Ministry of Health said the decision responds to unmet medical needs for patients with chronic refractory pain, severe epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, citing studies on cannabis benefits.
- Restricting prescriptions, the decree requires specialist physicians to work through hospital pharmacy services, while the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products will register standardised cannabis preparations that meet THC and CBD composition rules with extra scrutiny if THC exceeds 0.2%.
- The regulation is expected to come into force immediately, giving regional governments access to monitor distribution, while the Spanish Medical Cannabis Observatory warned hospital laboratories could be overwhelmed by demand from 300,000 people.
- The Health Ministry said `This model allows for continuous updating based on scientific advances and available clinical evidence`, with guidance expected in the coming weeks and a report within three months to define authorised uses.
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The Spanish government has approved a decree that allows medical cannabis to be used in hospitals and prescribed exclusively by specialists, for certain diseases for which other drugs are not effective.
Medical cannabis may be formulated in hospitals and prescribed by specialists for certain ailments for which other drugs are not effective.The Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday a regulation that, on the one hand, restricts its use to the hospital (cannot be sold in pharmacies), but on the other hand does not limit specific ailments for its use.
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