Although 40 states have legalized medical marijuana, the federal government still lists it as a controlled substance.

As more and more people receive medicinal cannabis prescriptions, we’re left with a system that is misaligned with its ...

The latest announcement doesn’t tighten existing prescribing or marketing rules for medicinal cannabis. It just reminds health professionals what the rules are.

AHPRA says poor prescribing practices and surging consumer demand are leading to "significant" patient harm, and releases new ...

Himachal Pradesh's Revenue, Horticulture and Tribal Development Minister Jagat Singh Negi on Saturday underlined the state ...

The medical watchdog is cracking down on doctors writing thousands of scripts a month for medicinal cannabis, with ...

Negi was in Shimla, speaking a day after a workshop and exhibition on innovative industrial and medicinal hemp-based products ...

Some practitioners have issued more than 10,000 medicinal cannabis prescriptions in just six months, it can be revealed as ...

A new Australian study found that a single dose of medicinal cannabis reduced total and REM sleep in people with insomnia, raising concerns over its true effectiveness as a sleep aid.

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Australia’s medical watchdog has announced a crackdown on practitioners prescribing medicinal cannabis, revealing poor ...

While the health regulator has raised concerns about a "poor practice" of medicinal cannabis prescriptions, some advocates say there is still a "stigma" among GPs in issuing the scripts.