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Medical 🇦🇹 Austria

Austria opens a narrow prescription-cannabinoid route

Index score

1920

+1 point

Sativex became available in Austria for multiple-sclerosis spasticity. Patients can also receive a small range of other cannabinoid medicines, including pharmacy-compounded dronabinol, while cannabis flower remains unavailable on prescription.[1]

Score by segment 0 to 10

  1. Possession · 25%2 2
  2. Personal cultivation · 25%2 2
  3. Punishment & enforcement · 20%3 3
  4. Sharing & gifting · 10%1 1
  5. Consumption · 10%2 2
  6. Legal access · 10%0 1+1

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Austria's scores have changed again since.

References

  1. Austrian Parliament — Patients have access to cannabis-based medicinesarchived

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

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