Doctors In NSW Can Prescribe Medical Cannabis As Of Right Bloody Now

As of today, seriously ill patients in New South Wales who have “exhausted standard treatment options” can be prescribed medical cannabis products by their GP.

It’s part of the The Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2016, and it’s obviously not a free-for-all – doctors need to get approval from NSW Health to prescribe cannabis products that are not already on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, and it is clearly only something prescribed as a last resort.

But nonetheless, this a pathway for doctors to apply…