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Medicinal Cannabis no better than placebo for some mental health conditions - ABC listen

A major new study from the University of Sydney, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, has found medicinal cannabis is no more effective than a placebo in treating common mental health conditions like anxiety, depression and PTSD. Despite that, more than one million applications for medicinal cannabis have been approved in Australia, with prescriptions continuing to rise. So, is the evidence lagging behind prescribing? And should the Therapeutic Goods Administration rethink how medicinal cannabis is regulated and prescribed? Guest: Jack Wilson, Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney.