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Controversies over cannabis as a medicine are discussed in Barcelona

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The second edition of the Annual Congress dedicated to Controversies over Cannabis-based Medicines is taking place today and tomorrow, 23rd and 24th of May, in Barcelona, ​​organized by Bioevents. The event features speakers and researchers from five continents and focuses on several topics of particular relevance to the recent, but expanding, medical cannabis market.

The topic of medical cannabis is not new, but its expressiveness reaches levels never seen before, a fact represented by the growing number of researchers dedicated to the issue of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and, consequently, by the questions and controversies that are generated around the topic. For the second time, and after the 2018 edition in Vienna, the topic is discussed in Barcelona, ​​with the aim of updating the current state of knowledge and controversies regarding cannabis for medicinal purposes and aligning some views on the potential of cannabis-based medicines. cannabis.

The event, which takes place at the Hilton Diagonal Mar Hotel, is divided into 8 sessions (see list below) and also includes the presentation of 32 scientific posters on the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, in a congress that brings together researchers, doctors, specialists in clinical trials, methodologists, industry professionals, the European Center for Monitoring Drugs and Drug Addiction and National Agencies.

  1. Basic Science: What's New?
  2. Children and Unaccompanied Minors
  3. The position of Scientific Societies
  4. Promises in Pain Medicine
  5. Controversies in Cannabis-based Medicines
  6. National Experiences
  7. Who should educate the patient?
  8. Evidence with Cannabis Drugs: What's New?

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