In response to this, some states are looking at physician training programs that require physicians to take continuing medical education courses that detail how medical marijuana interacts with the nervous system and other medications, as well as its side effects, according to the report.
New York’s state health department, for example, launched a online education course last year for practitioners who want to issue certifications to their patients to receive medical marijuana products.. The course includes information about the pharmacology of medical marijuana, contraindications, adverse reactions, drug interactions, dosing, routes of administration, risks and benefits and abuse and dependence.
Similar programs are also being developed in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the report states. Physicians in Massachusetts who want to participate in the state medical marijuana program nust take courses approved by the American Medical Association. According to the report, Maryland doesn’t require training but encourages it through its Medical Cannabis Commission website.
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