2023-09-15 05:37:33
Doctors in Mauritius have been authorized since last week to prescribe “medical cannabis”. This very supervised experience was launched at Victoria Hospital in Candos. If this medication provides relief to patients, the project will be extended to other hospitals.
Fabrice Floch • Published on September 15, 2023 at 9:37 a.m., updated on September 15, 2023 at 9:51 a.m.
Mauritius is known throughout the world for its incessant fight once morest drug trafficking. Until 1995, traffickers arrested on the sister island (Editor’s note: cannabis included) faced the death penalty..
This first is therefore not anecdotal. It is particularly supervised and only concerns patients suffering from serious pathologies: glaucoma, schizophrenia, but also fibromyalgia and metabolic syndromes such as diabetes, according to specialists.
To establish this reality, for the past week, doctors at Victoria Hospital have been prescribing medical cannabis to a group of patients.
The beneficiaries of this treatment were selected by experts who studied their files. In theory, “therapeutic zamal” might have beneficial effects. If the hoped-for prospects are confirmed, the project will be extended to other hospitals in Mauritius, writes Défimedia.
The development of this sector, even therapeutic, is not easy to accept for many Mauritians.
How many young Mauritians have been carried away by “brown sugar” (Editor’s note: heroin)? This scourge is ravaging the sister island and as is often the case, the “dope” addictions began one evening, during a party, with “a little joint”.
The legalization of recreational cannabis is a very serious avenue to “pull the rug out from under the feet of traffickers.”
This avenue is also being considered. The general director of Anneau (Mauritian company specializing in management and investment) believes in this economic sector: “The economic potential is therefore considerable, especially as the eventual alignment of our recreational cannabis and consumption industry with international practices and trends will provide a much-needed rejuvenation to our tourism and domestic entertainment, manufacturing and manufacturing sectors. (imports and exports) and consumption.“
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