Pharmacists of Barcelona want to distribute cannabis for medical uses

Pharmacists of Barcelona want to distribute cannabis for medical uses
Source: La Voz de Galicia of 8 December 2003

The organisation of the Barcelona pharmacists started to investigate the level of cannabis self-medication, according to Rafael Borràs, speaker for drugs and AIDS affairs of the organisation. The investigation started in September and about 100 patients have participated until now.

Today, only nabilone, a synthetic derivative of THC, which is imported from the UK, may be prescribed by Spanish doctors. But Borràs proposes to make standardised cannabis available in pharmacies "under strict control and with a medical prescription" following the Dutch model. The people in charge of the report have the impression that the number of people using cannabis for medical purposes increased in Spain, but that it is not possible to quantify it. "We want to analyse what is happening," Borràs said. The study is investigating the reasons for the medical use of cannabis, its effects, and the ways participants of the survey obtain the drug.

Information on the medical use of cannabis is presented on the web site of the organisation: http://www.farmaceuticonline.com/medicament/cannabis.html

*Industrial-Hemp has no psychoactive properties following definition of the European Economic Community (EEC); THC content is less than 0.3%. In general, low THC-seed varieties without psychoactive properties are those that have a THC content of less than 1%. (See also No-THC Hemp-seed.) THC= Delta-9 TetraHydroCannabinol.