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In Australia, Calls for Medical Cannabis Trials on Children

A pediatrician in Australia says that the health care community should take a close look at cannabis for children.


Trials of medical cannabis for children with behavioural disorders are urgently needed, a paediatrician says.

Daryl Efron, from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, told Nine to Noon children with behavioural disorders such as autism and ADHD were often prescribed drugs like anti-psychotics to control aggression.

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But Dr Efron said these could cause serious side effects such as weight gain, and this in turn could lead to other health problems.

"A lot of these kids are given psychiatric-type medications and they can be very helpful, but they do carry quite a higher risk of serious side effects," he said.

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