How to safely conduct medicinal marijuana therapy? Review article

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Bartosz J. Sapilak

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This paper is discussing a Canadian study published 3 years ago in the “European Journal of Internal Medicine”. It describes the principles of conducting and monitoring medical marijuana therapy. Information on adverse reactions, dosage methods, selection of active substances and modification of treatment has been also presented.

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Sapilak, B. J. (2024). How to safely conduct medicinal marijuana therapy?. Medycyna Faktow (J EBM), 17(2(63), 174-178. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.MF.0224.01
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