(ANSA) - LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's Health Ministry will use the
standardized bud or fertile gems of cannabis for medical
purposes. A new drug classification and new regulation have
transferred cannabis from the first class of drugs, that is
plants and drugs which are ''very dangerous'' for human health
because of the serious consequences of their abuse, to the
second group, plants and drugs which are ''dangerous'' for human
health, but can nevertheless be used for medicinal purposes.
The new regulation prohibits the production and processing of
hemp for medicinal purposes, which is the prelude of drug
trafficking, but does not introduce any change with regard to
industrial cannabis, containing THC amounts less than 0.2%.
In addition, in the coming months, a survey on the effects of
cannabis in the treatment of epilepsy in children will begin at
the pediatric department of the Ljubljana University Hospital.
(ANSA).
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