Medical cannabis
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Medical cannabis
Records of the use of ingredients from Cannabis sativa for medicinal purposes – e.g. for pain and epilepsy – can be found in Indian literature as early as the 4th century BC. From here it spread to Europe via the Middle East.
The use of cannabis in the treatment of pain, neuralgia and other ailments occurred in the 19th century. From 1898, it was superseded by the active ingredient acetylsalicylic acid and new synthetic drugs.
In Germany, medical cannabis has been permitted since 2017 and may be prescribed by doctors, for example to relieve pain in seriously ill patients. Prerequisite: The physician makes the appropriate diagnosis and writes a narcotic prescription. “Seriously ill people must be given the best possible care,” emphasized Hermann Gröhe, the Federal Minister of Health in office at the time.