Supply of medicinal cannabis legalised in Portugal

Paul Rees 15 June 2018

The use of cannabis products for medical purposes was approved in parliament today, Friday 15th June, by all the parliamentary parties with the exception of the opposition CDS, which abstained.

The parliamentary committee on health had issued the final document for discussion by MPs, which reinforced the role of drugs regulator, Infarmed, but stopped short of recommending the drug could be grown at home for a bit of 'self-medication.'

Only Doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis and preparations based on the plant, and then only if other conventional therapies have had adverse or undesired effects.

The regulation of the therapeutic use of cannabis, "can not under any circumstances be used to legitimise or promote its use as a recreational drug."

The Minister of Health, Adalberto Campos Fernandes, expressed his opinion in January in favour of cannabis for therapeutic purposes, provided that it is strictly regulated.

This was the big step forward that was needed even though the new law stipulates that cannabis can only be consumed in a medicinal form with a prescription from a Doctor and bought in pharmacies.

Comments

0 #8 Pirex 2018-10-02 04:45

I agree with you, Canada simplify the process and Portugal is complicating. Quoting nogin the nog:

Quoting Ed:
Quoting livaboard:
Aside from the hesitation a PT doctor will likely have about writing the script, I seriously doubt any pharmacy in Portugal will have any 'medical' cannabis to sell. Where would they get it? they have to buy medicines from regulated pharmaceutical distributors, who source their products from registered pharmaceutical manufacturers.
It seems that this law adds Portugal to the list of countries who allow medical cannabis use, without actually doing so.
From Tilray in Cantanhede, to the north of Coimbra.
See>https://www.algarvedailynews.com/news/12445-canadian-company-sets-up-medical-cannabis-growing-facility-in-portugal

ED.
The Canadian Government has had the wisdom and for sight to not only grow there weed here in Portugal but have now de criminalized and legalized the carrying and use of the drug. Therefore Portugal is now growing the weed for another state to sell to its public.

0 #7 AL 2018-06-19 09:24

Quoting Chip:

Quoting AL:
How can doctors prescribe cannabis when they have had no training on it's benefits.

They could grow some in their window box and roll a spliff. I've never met or heard of anyone who has suffered from doing so. Except, of course, the illegal stuff has to be used with tobacco, a proven killer.
It needs to be legalised across the board and supplies regulated.

Not that simple, medical cannabis needs to go through a process to remove the THC component as most people don't have a licence to fly

The other cannabinoid components will do wonders to treat all sorts of health problems.

+2 #6 Chip 2018-06-18 16:25

Quoting AL:

How can doctors prescribe cannabis when they have had no training on it's benefits.

They could grow some in their window box and roll a spliff. I've never met or heard of anyone who has suffered from doing so. Except, of course, the illegal stuff has to be used with tobacco, a proven killer.
It needs to be legalised across the board and supplies regulated.

+2 #5 nogin the nog 2018-06-18 15:09

Quoting Ed:

Quoting livaboard:
Aside from the hesitation a PT doctor will likely have about writing the script, I seriously doubt any pharmacy in Portugal will have any 'medical' cannabis to sell. Where would they get it? they have to buy medicines from regulated pharmaceutical distributors, who source their products from registered pharmaceutical manufacturers.
It seems that this law adds Portugal to the list of countries who allow medical cannabis use, without actually doing so.
From Tilray in Cantanhede, to the north of Coimbra.
See>https://www.algarvedailynews.com/news/12445-canadian-company-sets-up-medical-cannabis-growing-facility-in-portugal

ED.
The Canadian Government has had the wisdom and for sight to not only grow there weed here in Portugal but have now de criminalized and legalized the carrying and use of the drug. Therefore Portugal is now growing the weed for another state to sell to its public. :-*

+1 #4 AL 2018-06-18 14:53

Quoting AL:

How can doctors prescribe cannabis when they have had no training on it's benefits. Most of the training doctors get on drugs are from pharmaceutical companies. Before a drug can be accepted as a safe treatment it has to go through various tests that cost a fortune that only Pharmaceutical companies can afford.
What I see is cannabis being sold in health shops on the same category as herb teas or as other herbal medicine that won't be prescribed by doctors, at least not officially. This already happens without a doctors prescription. I know of a lady with MS that is buying cannabis oil from a shop in Albufeira, her doctor just gave his approval.

I mean medical cannabis usually in oil format that contains no THC

+1 #3 AL 2018-06-18 09:38

How can doctors prescribe cannabis when they have had no training on it's benefits. Most of the training doctors get on drugs are from pharmaceutical companies. Before a drug can be accepted as a safe treatment it has to go through various tests that cost a fortune that only Pharmaceutical companies can afford.
What I see is cannabis being sold in health shops on the same category as herb teas or as other herbal medicine that won't be prescribed by doctors, at least not officially. This already happens without a doctors prescription. I know of a lady with MS that is buying cannabis oil from a shop in Albufeira, her doctor just gave his approval.

+3 #2 Ed 2018-06-16 08:32

Quoting livaboard:

Aside from the hesitation a PT doctor will likely have about writing the script, I seriously doubt any pharmacy in Portugal will have any 'medical' cannabis to sell. Where would they get it? they have to buy medicines from regulated pharmaceutical distributors, who source their products from registered pharmaceutical manufacturers.
It seems that this law adds Portugal to the list of countries who allow medical cannabis use, without actually doing so.

From Tilray in Cantanhede, to the north of Coimbra.
See>https://www.algarvedailynews.com/news/12445-canadian-company-sets-up-medical-cannabis-growing-facility-in-portugal

-2 #1 livaboard 2018-06-16 08:29

Aside from the hesitation a PT doctor will likely have about writing the script, I seriously doubt any pharmacy in Portugal will have any 'medical' cannabis to sell. Where would they get it? they have to buy medicines from regulated pharmaceutical distributors, who source their products from registered pharmaceutical manufacturers.
It seems that this law adds Portugal to the list of countries who allow medical cannabis use, without actually doing so.

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