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Although the scientific debate about the effectiveness of medical marijuana continues, many countries are taking the first steps towards implementing programmes designed to introduce medical marijuana as a treatment for patients with chronic pain and terminal illnesses. Legal issues are often a problem for many patients hoping to employ medical marijuana as a method of relieving pain, and taking steps towards making marijuana available for certain patients prescriptions bypasses many of the legal problems those patients face in obtaining it. Below is a brief examination of some of the countries that have made provisions for their patients with chronic pain or other such illnesses.
Germany
One of the most recent countries to announce plans to legalize the use of medical marijuana, Germany isn’t actually ‘legalizing’ marijuana use.
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