Flower prescriptions for anxiety growing despite lack of evidence, according to new Lambert study

Flower is being increasingly prescribed for anxiety despite a lack of clinical evidence supporting its use, according to a new study led by the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics.

Using data from the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s Special Access Scheme, including almost 250,000 approved scripts, the researchers found anxiety was among the top three reasons for a medicinal cannabis prescription at 16%, along with pain (61%) and sleep disorders (7%).