AusDoc website
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Jobs
    Login Join
    AusDoc website
    AusDoc website
    • Login
    • Create an account
    • About Us
    • Advertise
    • Contact us
    • Privacy
    • Terms and Conditions

    Tag: Cannabis

    ‘Infuriating and dangerous’: Psychiatrist tries and fails to speak with his patients’ medicinal cannabis prescribers

    May 29, 2025

    Medicinal cannabis prescribers are failing to acknowledge concerned correspondence from patients’ regular doctors, a leading psychiatrist says. Professor Richard Harvey has routinely written to the doctors prescribing…

    ‘I’m a healer, not a dealer!’: GP on her dark times working for a medicinal cannabis telehealth clinic

    May 27, 2025

    Revelations that AHPRA knows of eight doctors who have collectively written 80,000 scripts for category 5 THC medicinal cannabis once again raise the obvious question.…

    Medicinal cannabis.

    AMA demands suspension of high-THC medicinal cannabis

    May 26, 2025

    Doctors have “no reasonable justification” for prescribing medicinal cannabis that is 98% tetrahydrocannabinol, says the AMA, which wants these drugs suspended from the Special Access…

    Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Susan O'Dwyer.

    Medical board chair’s message to medicinal cannabis doctors: ‘Patient demand is not an indication’ 

    May 21, 2025

    Doctors prescribing medicinal cannabis are being urged to think about differential diagnoses, monitoring and exit plans after revelations that 441,000 patients started high-THC cannabis over…

    ‘Their experience was like the bud shops of Amsterdam’: GP flooded with recreational cannabis users asking for scripts

    May 16, 2025

    A few years ago, Dr Nic Giummarra felt he could make a real difference in his patients’ lives for the first time. A GP on…

    Clinical independence under threat from ‘vertically integrated’ cannabis companies, doctors tell Mark Butler

    February 5, 2025

    Doctor and pharmacy groups have suggested banning medicinal cannabis companies from simultaneously owning clinics and dispensaries, saying doctors’ independence is at stake. AMA Queensland and…

    AMA Queensland president Dr Nick Yim.

    Remove medicinal cannabis from Special Access Scheme, doctors tell TGA

    December 4, 2024

    Queensland doctors and pharmacists want medicinal cannabis removed from the special access scheme, saying the pathway is being used to bypass TGA assessment. AMA Queensland…

    Doctor wrote 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, says AHPRA

    October 21, 2024

    A doctor working for a telehealth cannabis clinic has prescribed 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, according to AHPRA — an average of 90…

    Medical Must-See: Clearing the air after a rare cannabis reaction

    October 4, 2024

    Smoking more than 10 cannabis joints a day for three days left a computer science student in a perilous situation after he developed acute eosinophilic…

    TGA targets websites listing medicinal cannabis prescribers

    October 1, 2024

    Two websites that list medicinal cannabis prescribers say the TGA has accused them of illegally advertising prescription medicines. The TGA has sent warning letters to…

    Load More

    Join AusDoc to gain full access

    Join for free, in only 30 seconds.

    • 100% free for Australian HCPs
    • Trusted by 60,000+ doctors
    • Instant verification and access
    Join AusDoc

    Already a member? Log in

    Latest Articles

    Loading...
    • Home
    • Articles
    • Jobs
    • More

    Loading...

    TGA targets websites listing medicinal cannabis prescribers

    Report

    There was a problem reporting this post.

    Harassment or bullying behavior
    Contains mature or sensitive content
    Contains misleading or false information
    Contains abusive or derogatory content
    Content that breaches the privacy of other individuals
    Contains spam, fake content or potential malware

    Block Member?

    Please confirm you want to block this member.

    You will no longer be able to:

    • See blocked member's posts
    • Mention this member in posts
    • Message this member
    • Add this member as a connection

    Please note: This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.

    Report

    You have already reported this .