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Misuse of Drugs (Miscellaneous Amendments (No. 7) (Jersey) Order 2018

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A decision made on 21 December 2018

Ministerial decision reference: MD-HSS-2018-0066

Decision summary title: Misuse of Drugs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.7) (Jersey) Order 2018-

 

 

Decision summary author

Assistant Director, Policy and Ministerial Support

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title:

Report author or name of

person giving report

Assistant Director, Policy and Ministerial Support

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Minister for Health and Social Services made the Misuse of Drugs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) (Jersey) Order 2018 which will come into force on 1 January 2019.

 

This Order makes lawful the use of certain medicines containing cannabis (and certain drugs related to cannabis). The cannabis (or the related drug) must be in a medicinal product manufactured under the EU’s principles of good manufacturing practice. These products are then treated as Schedule 2 drugs. The medicinal product must not be taken or administered by smoking.

The Misuse of Drugs Advisory Council was consulted on a draft of the Order and recommended to the Minister that the power to prescribe medicinal cannabis should be limited to hospital consultants only.  However, further to the States Assembly debating P.113/2018 on 6 November 2018 and deciding that all medical professionals with the right to prescribe should be permitted to prescribe medicinal cannabis, the Order is consistent with that decision.

 

 

Resource implications:

The cost of products dispensed through the hospital pharmacy would be met from the hospital drugs budget.

 

Action required

Assistant Director, Policy and Ministerial Support to notify the Publications Editor at the States Greffe that the Order has been made and to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the making of the Order to be notified to the States Assembly

Signature

 

 

Position

Minister for Health and Social Services

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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