Low dose cannabis oil can be bought over the counter at pharmacies from Monday for the first time, but don’t expect to find any for at least six months as none has been approved for sale yet.
Tasmanians will be able to access medicinal cannabis without a prescription as soon as February next year, after a change to the substance’s legal status.
Each of the patients, who were taking at least 60-milligrams of morphine a day for chronic pain, showed “significant improvement” in pain interference scores.