THE EVIDENCE GATHERED from studies using medical marijuana for pain management is getting the attention of the local Ministry of Health.
Senior Medical Officer of Health Dr Kenneth George said: “The Ministry of Health is currently gathering the evidence with respect to marijuana used in well-defined clinical situations that will include assisting persons in pain management for cancers and chronic degenerative diseases”.
He made the comments yesterday at a workshop organised by the Barbados Association of Palliative Care on the topic Availability and Rational use of Opioids in the English/French Caribbean Countries, at the Barbados Hilton.
Last month pro vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Alan Cobley called for a change in the laws to allow UWI to grow marijuana at its College Land, St John project. (LK)
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