Interest in cannabis-based medicines (CBMs) has increased in Australia, but while recent policy and legislative changes have enabled health practitioners to prescribe CBMs, many patients still struggle to access them.

This post has been contributed by Dr Jayne Hewitt, senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and a member of the Law Futures Centre.

The presence of an in-event health service at Schoolies Week significantly reduces the impact on Gold Coast public hospital emergency departments.