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Medical cannabis, clearly

Understand how medical cannabis care works, before you commit.

Plain-language guidance on how medical programmes are organised, what to ask a clinic, how onset and dose work and how to keep medicine safe at home. Written to inform a conversation with your own doctor, never to replace one.

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Access

How medical cannabis programmes are usually organised, and what to ask a clinic before you pay.

2 articles

Safety

Start low, go slow, wait for onset and keep medicine away from children and pets.

2 articles

Evidence

How to read a claim about cannabis and a condition, and how to prepare for an appointment.

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Access

How medical cannabis programmes work

The usual steps from a first conversation to a product in your hands, and why they differ from place to place.

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Access

Ten questions to ask before you pay a clinic

A checklist for comparing clinics on cost, qualifications, follow-up and what happens if you are not eligible.

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Safety

Start low, go slow: onset and the two-hour rule

What public-health bodies say about how long edible cannabis takes to work and how long it lasts, and why waiting matters.

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Evidence

Preparing for an appointment

What to bring, what to say and what to ask, so the time with a health professional is well used.

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