Spain’s long-awaited medical cannabis program has finally taken a step forward as a draft of a Royal Decree has been sent to the European Union for approval.
If approved, this should give Spanish patients legal access to medical cannabis for the first time in the country’s history later this year.
The proposed bill will mean that cannabis can only be prescribed as a last resort, after a patient has proved other treatments have failed to be effective.
Even then, cannabis can only be prescribed for spasticity in multiple sclerosis, severe therapy-resistant epilepsy, nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, and chronic therapy-resistant pain.
Conditions such as fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and depression, which have documented benefits from cannabis use, are excluded.
A primary concern among patient advocates is that cannabis flower will also not be allowed, but only standardised oils.
Furthermore, only medical specialists will be allowed to prescribe, not general practitioners, and these will only be accessible through hospital pharmacies, meaning those in rural areas will struggle to gain access.
The country now being one of Europe’s leading cultivation locations
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