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 ====== Medical cannabis ======
+===== Changes as of 1.8.2022 =====
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+The facilitations for medical hemp have finally come into force and a new era has begun. Doctors can now prescribe hemp containing THC without having to apply for an exemption permit.
-=== Innovations per 1.8.2022 ===
-Now the facilitations for medical hemp have finally come into force and a new era begins. Doctors and physicians can prescribe THC-containing hemp without having to apply for an exemption permit. In the next few years it will become clearer exactly what this now means in everyday life for sick people.
-  * The overview page of the FOPH [[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis.html|provides an overview of the new situation regarding the medical use of cannabis]] (only in German and French).
-  * The Swiss Society for Cannabis in Medicine [[https://sgcm-sscm.ch/en/therapy-recommendations|gives application info and therapy recommendations]].
-At present, physicians seem to rarely consider this new possibility. Many refuse to prescribe cannabis in general.
-//As of May 2023//
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-This adopted amendment to the Narcotics Act provides that cannabis medicines can be prescribed by physicians in the future without an exemption permit from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
+This amendment to the Narcotics Act, which has now come into force, allows cannabis medicines to be prescribed by doctors without an exemption permit from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
-[[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis/gesetzesaenderung-cannabisarzneimittel.html|The draft amendments to the ordinances and the explanatory reports can be found on the overview page of the FOPH.
+  * [[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis/gesetzesaenderung-cannabisarzneimittel.html|The FOPH's overview page contains the draft amendments to the ordinances and the accompanying explanatory reports.]]
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-Then an exciting seven-year phase will begin in which these new possibilities will be explored and evaluated. However, as long as health insurers do not pay for such cannabis medicines (this will be discussed further in the coming years), few sick people will probably be able to afford these preparations.
+The seven-year phase in which these new possibilities are being explored and evaluated is currently underway. However, as long as health insurance companies do not pay for such cannabis medicines (this will continue to be discussed over the next few years), only a few patients will be able to afford these preparations.
+  * The FOPH's overview page [[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis.html|provides an overview of the new situation regarding the medical use of cannabis]].
+  * The Swiss Society for Cannabis in Medicine [[https://sgcm-sscm.ch/en/therapy-recommendations|provides information on use and therapy recommendations]].
+  * [[en:thc_recht/medizin|Current legal situation: THC & Law > Medicine]]
 ===== Development =====
   * [[en:thc_recht:li950606|Fall 2022: The new era in hemp in medicine]]
   * [[https://www.schweizerbauer.ch/politik-wirtschaft/international/ab-2023-verkauf-von-cannabisarzneimitteln/|From 2023 sale of cannabis medicines]] //[German]// (schweizerbauer.ch, 20.10.2022)