MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to Levin Health, a sports science company focused on researching, developing and commercialising a range of medicinal cannabis products, such as CBD oil Australia–wide, although medical marijuana’s Australia wide was made legal in 2016, the vast majority was obtained via illegal avenues at first. The CAMS-18 study of medical
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to Levin Health, a sports science company focused on researching, developing and commercialising a range of medicinal cannabis products, such as CBD oil Australia–wide, although medical marijuana’s Australia wide was made legal in 2016, the vast majority was obtained via illegal avenues at first.
The CAMS-18 study of medical cannabis use in the Australian community found that between 2018 and 2019, only 2.7% of users had accessed legally prescribed medicinal cannabis. The 2020 iteration of that survey uncovered a significant increase, and 37.6% of respondents said they’d used prescribed medicinal cannabis within the last year.
Experts say that although cannabis obtained through illicit routes continues to dominate the market, the number of prescription-only users and dual users (that use both prescribed and illicit medicinal cannabis) is on the rise.
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