cannabis
Global focus on pharmacist harm minimisation
FIP has released a new report outlining the value of involving pharmacists in reducing harm from drugs of abuse The new International Pharmaceutical Federation report describes harm reduction services such as …
Government tactics under fire
Amendments to allow easier importing of medicinal cannabis go before Parliament as government tactics described as an “utter disgrace” The Federal Government’s decision to defy the Senate and continue to …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Aging and extrapulmonary effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease People with COPD experience a decline in functional status including …
New opportunity opens up
Online tool brings the medicinal cannabis supply chain a step closer to the dispensary Pharmacists’ ability to dispense medicinal cannabis is moving another step closer with the launch of a …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Aging and extrapulmonary effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease People with COPD experience a decline in functional status including …
World news wrapup: 24 August 2017
Banks close pot-selling pharmacies’ accounts; cough drop flavoured Kit Kats; pharmacy key in Scotland’s health strategy Uruguay: Pharmacies which are legally selling recreational marijuana under Uruguay’s new laws have found …
Harm minimisation from the past to the future
Whether helping smokers or those who use illicit drugs, pharmacists are at the coalface of harm minimisation, writes Angelo Pricolo Pharmacists are the most important and effective health professional in …
Medicinal cannabis black market worries TGA
The TGA has criticised claims that red tape turns patients to black market cannabis And one medicinal cannabis stakeholder says that doctors are unready when it comes to prescribing the …
First pharmacies start selling pot
Pharmacies in Uruguay have become the first in the world to start legally selling marijuana In 2013, Uruguay passed legislation that would eventually legalise the production, sale and consumption of …
Fired and suspended over marijuana cookies
A pharmacist has been disciplined for baking marijuana cookies for a patient JoAnne Andrews of Sydney, Nova Scotia has been suspended by the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists for 30 …
First medicinal cannabis arrives
The first two commercial shipments of medicinal cannabis products to be legally imported to Australia have arrived in Melbourne and Perth “Children suffering from epilepsy and patients dealing with side …
The week in review
We take a look back at the week in pharmacy It’s been a big week for the state of employment in Australia: the Turnbull Government announced the abolition of 457 …