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Medical 🇮🇲 Isle of Man

Any Isle of Man pharmacy may now apply to dispense medical cannabis

Index score

1213

+1 point

After a year-long pilot at a single Onchan pharmacy, used by more than 650 patients, the Isle of Man opened licences to all registered pharmacies wishing to dispense private prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines, and let private clinics register to prescribe on the island.[1][2]

Score by segment 0 to 10

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

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. The scores after the change are Isle of Man's current scores.

References

  1. Patient access to medicinal cannabis could soon be expandedIsle of Man Department of Health and Social Care · 2024 · Press release, 11 July 2024; applications open and pilot resultsarchived
  2. Chemist+Druggist — Isle of Man pharmacies can apply to dispense medicinal cannabis (18 July 2024)archived

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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