AHPRA has taken action against 57 medical practitioners, pharmacists and nurses over medicinal cannabis prescribing practices. New guidelines have been issued after a surge in prescriptions that the regulator said was leading to “significant” patient harm. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
Practitioners are being reminded medicinal cannabis is not a frontline treatment for issues like anxiety and insomnia.

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