News (Media Awareness Project) - Netherlands: Marijuana Becomes Prescription Drug |
| Title: | Netherlands: Marijuana Becomes Prescription Drug |
| Published On: | 2003-03-18 |
| Source: | Ventura County Star (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 22:00:00 |
MARIJUANA BECOMES PRESCRIPTION DRUG
AMSTERDAM -- Just what the doctor ordered?
Pharmacies may fill prescriptions for marijuana and patients can get the
cost covered by insurance, according to a law that went into effect Monday.
Doctors in the famously liberal Netherlands have long recommended marijuana
to cancer patients as an appetite enhancer and to combat pain and nausea.
But it is usually bought at one of the country's 800 "coffee shops," where
the plant is sold openly while police look the other way.
AMSTERDAM -- Just what the doctor ordered?
Pharmacies may fill prescriptions for marijuana and patients can get the
cost covered by insurance, according to a law that went into effect Monday.
Doctors in the famously liberal Netherlands have long recommended marijuana
to cancer patients as an appetite enhancer and to combat pain and nausea.
But it is usually bought at one of the country's 800 "coffee shops," where
the plant is sold openly while police look the other way.
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