Doctors concerned over Senate bill lifting medicinal cannabis restrictions

Doctors have expressed reservations about new laws making it easier for terminally ill patients to get medical cannabis from overseas. Image: Prescription vials are filled at a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Venice, California, US (AAP)

Prescription vials are filled at a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Venice, California, US Source: AAP

The Australian Medical Association says its members are already reluctant to prescribe the drug.

 

 

 

But as this report, health advocates argue there is clear evidence of its therapeutic qualities.