medical cannabis Archives

29 March 2023

Malaysia

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.

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.

14 July 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia Looks To Register Prescription CBD Drugs

Khairy Jamaluddin says he is convinced with the medical evidence for CBD and that MOH is looking at prescription medicines, not self-medication or recreational use of marijuana.

15 June 2022

Malaysia

IMR Review: Medical Hemp Claims Still Not Proven

IMR researchers find limited clinical evidence for hemp to treat multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic pain, cancer, inflammation, or constipation, or to promote sleep, and skin and brain health.

15 January 2022

Malaysia

Government Reviewing Dangerous Drugs Act For Medical Cannabis

Khairy Jamaluddin says the government will review the Dangerous Drugs Act and the Poisons Act to regulate the medical use of marijuana and ketum.

Tag: medical 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

Deputy Minister: Medical Cannabis Use Still Illegal Pending Product Approval

Malaysia Looks To Register Prescription CBD Drugs

IMR Review: Medical Hemp Claims Still Not Proven

Government Reviewing Dangerous Drugs Act For Medical Cannabis

MMC-Registered Medical Graduates Nearly Halved In Six Years

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