Cannabis for unobtainable therapeutic use. Italy produces little of it
For the sick people in Italy that need cannabis for healing get it sufficient quantity like prescribed by own doctor it’s almost impossible. The numbers speak for themselves: in 2020, – reads the Messaggero – the requirement estimated of cannabis preparations, was approx 2 tons per year and the availability, between production and imports, left 44 percent of the requests unanswered. And so chronically ill, which they would be entitled to specific therapies to alleviate suffering, they are often forced to cultivate there cannabis at home or, worse, to turn to pusher. Also risking to go straight to jail (as has already happened). From 5 October to 3 November, experts, technicians and operators in the sector discussed various issues, including the scarce Italian production and the lack of availability of essential drugs for some diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and syndromes that cause epileptic seizures.
The requirement – continues the Messenger – is probably underestimated. The Incb, the international body for the control of narcotics (UN), has estimated the consumption of medical cannabis of 3 tons in Italy by 2021. In 2020 it was two tons. But, in the face of these requests, the production, in establishment from Florence, last year, it was 300 kilos, or 15 percent of the total requirement. While the authorized imports to pharmaceutical companies amounted to 215.26 kilos. Figures to which must be added the almost 665 kilos of drugs distributed to pharmacies by authorized wholesalers. In Italy since 2006, doctors have been able to prescribe preparations containing cannabis-based active substances for medical use.
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