Clinical independence under threat from ‘vertically integrated’ cannabis companies, doctors tell Mark Butler

The doctors and pharmacists have already asked the TGA to remove medicinal cannabis from the Special Access Scheme.
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler.

Doctor and pharmacy groups have suggested banning medicinal cannabis companies from simultaneously owning clinics and dispensaries, saying doctors’ independence is at stake.

AMA Queensland and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s state branch have already called on the TGA to remove medicinal cannabis from the Special Access Scheme.