Cannabiz editor-at-large Rhys Cohen says improving patient access needs more than clinics and trail-blazing doctors.
It’s been nearly six years since I first got involved in medicinal cannabis policy in Australia. Recently I’ve been trying to take a longer-term view of things, looking back at some of the challenges we’ve experienced and the progress that we’ve made as a community.
I remember the first time we saw the number of monthly SAS-B approvals hit 100, back in 2018. It was a brutal time for patient access, but hitting 100 felt like a real achievement. The next year we broke 1,000. Two years after that we hit 10,000.
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Great article, Rhys. AMCA and SCCAC are fully supportive of independent prescriber education. We will continue to work on supporting and developing such courses, and working with mainstream clinicians and their colleges to improve their acceptance as truly neutral.
Gail Wiseman, General Manager – AMCA and SCCAC