Q&A with medicinal cannabis advocate Lucy Haslam  

Retired nurse Lucy Haslam became a fierce campaigner for medicinal cannabis during her son Dan’s battle with terminal cancer after witnessing the relief it gave him. She spearheaded the United in Compassion (UIC) Medicinal Cannabis Symposium in 2014 and continues to advocate for greater access to medicinal cannabis in Australia.  What continues to drive your […]

What Scope and Standards of Practice should Cannabis Nurses follow?

The Australian Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) have unveiled new Cannabis Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice to support the growing role medicinal cannabis nurses are playing in providing safe and effective treatment products for patients. Launched at the 2023 United in Compassion Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium’s Nurses’ Conference, held last Friday in Brisbane, the document […]

Endocannabinoid system study must be embedded into undergraduate nursing curriculum

Education about the body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS), which regulates and controls many critical functions such as learning and memory, mood, and pain, must be embedded into undergraduate nursing curriculum across Australia, leading advocates have argued. Speaking at the 2023 United In Compassion Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium’s Nurses’ Conference in Brisbane last Friday, Victorian Nurse Practitioner […]

Let’s talk about weed: Informing practice

Opioid misuse has increased over the last two decades, accompanied by an increasing number of deaths associated with overdose from opioids. In fact, problems related to the therapeutic (prescription misuse) and non-therapeutic (illicit use) of opioids have become a global public health concern. Treatment programs have been established to address opioid addiction. The most used […]

Reducing the stigma of medicinal cannabis

Australian nurses and midwives are being urged to get behind Medicinal Cannabis Awareness Week, and lend their support to the hundreds of thousands of patients who are still battling stigma and ignorance. ‘It’s about being well, not about being high’ is the central theme of Australia’s first Medicinal Cannabis Awareness Week 20-26 February, marking the […]