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Research shows more potent medicinal cannabis products are being prescribed recently [Image: Photoshop AI image]

Medicinal cannabis prescriptions have increased greatly in recent years but so has the potency of the products being prescribed, writes Jody Hopkinson

Essentials, The quarterly supply of medicinal cannabis products has increased fourteenfold since the implementation of the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme in early 2020, BACK panel - grey
References

Rychert M, Wilkins C. Implementation of the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme in New Zealand: six emerging trends. N Z Med J. 2024 Oct 18;137(1604):73-86. doi: 10.26635/6965.6666.