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 ====== Medical cannabis ======
-This adopted amendment to the Narcotics Act provides that cannabis medicines can be prescribed by physicians in the future without an exemption permit from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
+===== Changes as of 1.8.2022 =====
-**Status:** The Federal Council has adapted the ordinances for the amendment of the law and submitted a draft for consultation at the end of August 2021. This will run until November 24. Subsequently, the amendment to the law with the (possibly still amended) ordinances can enter into force (probably in summer 2022).
+The facilitations for medical hemp have finally come into force and a new era has begun. Doctors can now prescribe hemp containing THC without having to apply for an exemption permit.
-[[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis/gesetzesaenderung-cannabisarzneimittel.html|The draft amendments to the ordinances and the explanatory reports can be found on the overview page of the FOPH.
+This amendment to the Narcotics Act, which has now come into force, allows cannabis medicines to be prescribed by doctors without an exemption permit from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
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-Then an exciting seven-year phase will begin in which these new possibilities will be explored and evaluated. However, as long as health insurers do not pay for such cannabis medicines (this will be discussed further in the coming years), few sick people will probably be able to afford these preparations.
+  * [[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis/gesetzesaenderung-cannabisarzneimittel.html|The FOPH's overview page contains the draft amendments to the ordinances and the accompanying explanatory reports.]]
+The seven-year phase in which these new possibilities are being explored and evaluated is currently underway. However, as long as health insurance companies do not pay for such cannabis medicines (this will continue to be discussed over the next few years), only a few patients will be able to afford these preparations.
+  * The FOPH's overview page [[https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/medizin-und-forschung/heilmittel/med-anwend-cannabis.html|provides an overview of the new situation regarding the medical use of cannabis]].
+  * The Swiss Society for Cannabis in Medicine [[https://sgcm-sscm.ch/en/therapy-recommendations|provides information on use and therapy recommendations]].
+  * [[en:thc_recht/medizin|Current legal situation: THC & Law > Medicine]]
 ===== Development =====
-  * [[https://www.srf.ch/wissen/gesundheit/thc-als-medizin-cannabis-als-medikament-ein-huerdenlauf|Cannabis as a medicine – a hurdle race]] (srf.ch, 27.4.22, in reference to video report of «Puls» [see below])
-  * [[https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/puls/video/cannabis---von-der-hippiedroge-zum-medizinischen-hype?urn=urn:srf:video:d34b0f76-1e51-4236-a67b-15ef1668013d|Cannabis - From hippie drug to medical hype]] (//Swissgerman only// - feature in the program «Puls» from 25.4.22 on Swiss television)
+  * [[en:thc_recht:li950606|Fall 2022: The new era in hemp in medicine]]
+  * [[https://www.schweizerbauer.ch/politik-wirtschaft/international/ab-2023-verkauf-von-cannabisarzneimitteln/|From 2023 sale of cannabis medicines]] //[German]// (schweizerbauer.ch, 20.10.2022)
+  * [[en:thc_recht:li940404|Summer 2022: Hemp in medicine: Before the start of the new era]]
+  * [[https://www.srf.ch/wissen/gesundheit/thc-als-medizin-cannabis-als-medikament-ein-huerdenlauf|Cannabis as a medicine – a hurdle race]] //[German]// (srf.ch, 27.4.22, in reference to video report of «Puls» [see below])
+  * [[https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/puls/video/cannabis---von-der-hippiedroge-zum-medizinischen-hype?urn=urn:srf:video:d34b0f76-1e51-4236-a67b-15ef1668013d|Cannabis - From hippie drug to medical hype]] //[Swissgerman]// (feature in the program «Puls» from 25.4.22 on Swiss television)
   * The final vote took place on March 19, 2021: The National Council adopted the amendment by 136 votes to 52 with 7 abstentions, the Council of States was unanimously in favor by 44 votes to 0.
   * On March 8, 2021, the Council of States unanimously followed the variant of the National Council.