Black market warning on medicinal cannabis

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Australians are being warned off buying medicinal cannabis online as authorities highlight the potential danger.

Australia’s health regulator warned consumers on Monday that products bought on the internet may be unsafe, of poor quality or contain a different dose to what the label claims.contain undeclared dangerous ingredients. The lack of manufacturing and testing standards could also lead to the products being contaminated.

“Products sold on the black market, especially from online sellers that do not request a doctor’s prescription, are unlikely to achieve the desired results and can be very dangerous.Australians can only legally access medicinal cannabis if a registered doctor gives them a prescription. Picture: Mladen Antonov / AFPMedicinal cannabis products generally contain CBD and/or tetrahydrocannabinol , which is the psychoactive substance in cannabis.

A study in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology found CBD products were commonly labelled with an inaccurate dose, and CBD concentration varied across batches of the same product purchased at different times.

 

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