Quantcast
ZME Science
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • ZME & more
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
ZME Science

No Result
View All Result
ZME Science
Home Health Alternative Medicine

Family Medics in Israel to be Allowed to Write Marijuana Prescriptions

by livia rusu
September 22, 2014
in Alternative Medicine, News
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterSubmit to Reddit

Image source.

The Health Ministry in Israel has announced plans to expand who can prescribe medical marijuana. Family doctors will be temporarily allowed to prescribe marijuana, and if everything works out, then the decision will be made permanent.

The ministry is trying to deal with the load on pain clinics, which seems to be an ever growing problem in the developed world. Currently in Israel, only only pain clinics are allowed to prescribe marijuana – but that is about to change. The new regulations will allow family doctors to write the medical cannabis prescriptions under two conditions: only when it is associated with another, conventional treatment, and only using a fixed dosage.

There are 18,000 permits for the use of medical marijuana in Israel today but authorities expect this number to grow to 40,000 by 2018. With an estimated population of 6,000,000 adults that would mean that almost every 1 in 100 adults would have a marijuana consumption permit.

Demand for medical cannabis in Israel has been rising steadily, and the list of conditions and treatments for which it is authorized has also been growing over time. Recently, it has been used with some success in treating child epilepsy, as well as in PTSD.

 

ShareTweetShare
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • ZME & more

© 2007-2021 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • ZME & more
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact

© 2007-2021 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.

Don’t you want to get smarter every day?

YES, sign me up!

Over 35,000 subscribers can’t be wrong. Don’t worry, we never spam. By signing up you agree to our privacy policy.

✕
ZME Science

FREE
VIEW