Japan well being panel recommends permitting import, use of medical marijuana merchandise

TOKYO: A Japanese well being ministry panel on Thursday (Sep 29) advisable revising the nation’s drug legal guidelines to permit for the importation and use of medicinal marijuana merchandise.

The advice was based mostly on assembly medical wants and to harmonise Japan with worldwide requirements, the committee mentioned in a report.

The revision would apply to marijuana merchandise whose security and efficacy had been confirmed beneath legal guidelines governing prescription drugs and medical units.

Japan has very strict legal guidelines banning the importation, manufacturing and use of illicit substances.

The committee’s report famous that just one.4 per cent of individuals in Japan had ever used marijuana, in comparison with 20 per cent to 40 per cent in Western nations.

Revision of the legislation could be obligatory for using the cannabis-derived epilepsy drug Epidiolex, which is presently present process medical trials in Japan, the report mentioned.