Cannabis hits Coast

THE first Gold Coast medicinal cannabis clinic is open and already helping more than 15 patients.

But if you expect to just pop into Medical On Miami to get high on the doctors’ supply, think again.

Cousins Dr Matua Jansen and Dr Ben Jansen say the product doesn’t have the concentration of the THC drug recreational cannabis smokers are chasing and you need to be sick for a prescription.

The pair opened the medicinal cannabis clinic on the Gold Coast at Medical On Miami a month ago. It comes after Queensland legalised medicinal cannabis in March 2017.

And while the clinic is new, the cousins started their pot patient care business Cannabis Doctors Australia in 2016.

“We founded the company with the goal to help patients who wanted to try medicinal cannabis in replacement of opioids and other drugs,” Dr Matua Jansen said.

“We have so far had more than 15 patients,” Dr Matua Jansen said.

“The important thing to note is that we make sure these medications are prescribed as a CBD high instead of THC – these substances have a nonpsycho affect on patients unlike THC.”

There are five conditions that can be treated with medicinal marijuana: chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and terminally ill people.