Medicinal-cannabis applications up, but few approvals so far

Applications for getting medicinal cannabis have risen, but the Greens argue the Federal Government's new access scheme is actually making it more difficult to get.

Cần sa chữa bệnh trồng ở Melbourne Source: AAP

The cannabis can now be accessed under the Government scheme and through authorised prescribers, part of a move to legalise the products.

But the Department of Health says, although applications for access have increased, the number of authorised prescribers has not.