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Cannabis as medicine
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Hilversum, Netherlands
Hilversum, Netherlands

Cannabis of the medicinal kind

Published on : 28 October 2010 - 3:50pm | By Marijke van den Berg (Photo: RNW)
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Some types of pain cannot be treated with normal medicines, but sometimes cannabis can help. It works especially well for patients with multiple sclerosis and spasms.


 
In the Netherlands marijuana is available on a doctor's prescription. However, due to the low level of the active ingredient THC in the 'officially' approved kind, some patients get their cannabis from coffee shops. That's also allowed, for the welfare of the patient comes first.

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