SAFER CANNABIS USE GUIDELINES

NIMBIN HEALTH and MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
NHMRC: SAFER CANNABIS USE GUIDELINES.

The responsible consumption of cannabis is mainly a health issue. People make their own choices. It's not the purpose of these guidelines to tell people how to behave, but to ensure they have solid evidence available so they can make educated and informed decisions. These guidelines will help people to make those decisions.

The form of cannabis use with the lowest health, social, legal and economic risk is abstinence. Even so, more than 2 million Australians choose to use cannabis every year, and accept some degree of risk. Australians can reduce their health, social, legal and economic risks by following these guidelines.

Reference: Chapter 11, "Cannabis: a harm reduction perspective" by Andrew Bennett, in the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) publication: "A cannabis reader: global issues and local experiences", available in pdf form at
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/monographs/cannabis

These guidelines will be revised as better medical evidence comes to hand.

July 2008: NHMRC (Nimbin Health and Medical Research Council)

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