Today, cannabis is no longer a back-channel substance evoked in hushed tones. Indeed, cancer patients openly ask to access it and expect proper help.
For a psychoactive substance that vies with caffeine, alcohol and nicotine for global popularity, to ignore cannabis is to do patients a disservice.
Most doctors won't prescribe cannabis and most hospitals don't allow it, leaving patients feeling dismissed or judged.
I hesitated, preferring she try conventional analgesics. Nevertheless, when she insisted, I let her find her own way to an online doctor since I didn't know how to prescribe or monitor the drug.
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