Doctors in Medicinal Cannabis Crackdown Amid Psychosis Spike

Doctors in medicinal cannabis crackdown amid psychosis spike

The health practitioner watchdog warned medicinal cannabis prescribers that poor prescribing practices were leading to a spike in patients experiencing psychosis.

New Aussie medicinal cannabis guidelines: What it means

Practitioners targeted in medicinal cannabis crackdown

Australia's healthcare watchdog has issued new guidelines for medicinal cannabis after cases of patients in emergency departments with induced psychosis, consults lasting less than a minute and doctors issuing more than 10,000 scripts in a six-month window.The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is responding to evidence of poor practices, including over-serving and ethical grey areas, which have raised concerns that practi…

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Cannabis scripts soar – and patient harm increases

Practitioners have self-prescribed medicinal cannabis or prescribed without a legitimate indication – and some have issued more than 10,000 scripts in six months for the products Ahpra and the National ...