Cannabis as Medicine: Self-medication and Stigmatization

On the basis of results from qualitative interviews and an online
survey online survey, the prejudices and practical problems faced
by people practical problems people who use cannabis for medical
reasons still face people who use cannabis for medical reasons
still have to deal with, even in times of (theoretically) legal
supply. There is a considerable number of people who, despite
manifest symptoms that can be treated with cannabis symptoms that
can be treated well with cannabis, or who, after



or who, after many years of bad experiences with medicine and law
enforcement do not even try to get a legal supply. The inadequate
implementation of the Cannabis as Medicine Act not only ensures
that such not only ensures that such people continue to be at
risk of prosecution, but also that prosecution, but also ensures
that there is still a great deal of reluctance in the medical
world.



Language: German



Speaker



Dr. Bernd Werse (Speaker), Goethe-Universität,
Centre for Drug Research, Social scientist (senior staff
member)