Tag: cannabis

29 March 2023

MARDI Study: Most Malaysians And Doctors Support Medical Cannabis

A MARDI survey of 1,722 Malaysians among the general public and 200 medical practitioners found 81% of the former back cannabis as alternative treatment, while 74% of the latter approve marketing of cannabis for specific patients under tight control.

29 December 2022

World

Evidence Lacking On Medical Cannabis For Pain

Medical cannabis has been trumpeted in the media as a panacea for all manner of pain. But scientific evidence that it works is lacking.

6 October 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia’s ICR Reviewing Thailand’s Medical Cannabis Clinical Practices

A study filed with the National Research Medical Register will study the attitude of the Malaysian medical community on the use of medical cannabis.

5 September 2022

Malaysia

Doctors Reluctant To Back Medical Cannabis Without Data

Malaysian medical practitioners say they do not support the use of cannabis for chronic pain, palliative care, or cancer patients, due to currently insufficient clinical evidence.

29 August 2022

Malaysia

USM Researcher Highlights Legal Hurdle To Cannabis Research

USM’s National Poison Centre director Nur Azzalia Kamaruzaman says under the Dangerous Drugs Act, MOH can authorise “pegawai awam” to research cannabis, but academics are “penjawat awam” and hence, couldn't get approval to study even hemp since 2018.

26 August 2022

Malaysia

Divert People To Treatment, Support For Personal Drug Possession: Adeeba

Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says evidence-based thresholds must be determined for personal use versus trafficking, so that people caught in possession of drugs with amounts that are compatible with personal use, rather than sale, can be linked to treatment.

24 August 2022

Malaysia

Khairy: Recreational Cannabis Use Won’t Be Legalised

The Dangerous Drugs Act does not distinguish between different marijuana products by their THC content, simply banning cannabis as a whole, defined as “any part” containing resin of any cannabis plant.

23 August 2022

Malaysia

Deputy Minister: Medical Cannabis Use Still Illegal Pending Product Approval

Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali says Cabinet will decide on the need to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act, including creating different definitions for cannabis and hemp, depending on the MOH cannabis and ketum committee’s findings.

22 August 2022

Malaysia

Khairy Visiting Bangkok Over Medical Cannabis, APEC Meeting

In an Aug 22-25 official trip to Bangkok, Khairy Jamaluddin will visit Siam Cannabis Land, Bumrungrad International Hospital, and the Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry, besides attending APEC’s High-Level Meeting on Health and Economy.

5 August 2022

Malaysia

Marijuana, Opioid ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Of Drug Decriminalisation, Says Yale Expert

People jailed for drug abuse are 8x more likely to die the year after release than those with the same risk factors who weren't incarcerated, says Prof Dr Frederick Altice.

Tag: cannabis

MARDI Study: Most Malaysians And Doctors Support Medical Cannabis

Evidence Lacking On Medical Cannabis For Pain

Malaysia’s ICR Reviewing Thailand’s Medical Cannabis Clinical Practices

Doctors Reluctant To Back Medical Cannabis Without Data

USM Researcher Highlights Legal Hurdle To Cannabis Research

Divert People To Treatment, Support For Personal Drug Possession: Adeeba

Khairy: Recreational Cannabis Use Won’t Be Legalised

Deputy Minister: Medical Cannabis Use Still Illegal Pending Product Approval

Khairy Visiting Bangkok Over Medical Cannabis, APEC Meeting

Marijuana, Opioid ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Of Drug Decriminalisation, Says Yale Expert

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