Over 1,000 patients have benefitted from the use of medicinal cannabis here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry & Labour Saboto Caesar during parliament on Thursday.
He noted that of those 1,000 patients, %67 are locals and %33 are non-nationals.
“There are Twenty-two medical practitioners in St. Vincent and the Grenadines who have obtained authorization to prescribe, Twenty-two. There are twenty licensed entities, including pharmacies, that are currently dispensing cannabis in the country.
Over 1,000 patients, I want to repeat it, over 1,000 patients have benefited from cannabis treatment in this country. Sixty-seven percent locals and thirty-three percent non-national patients.” Minister Caesar said.
According to Minister Caesar, the leading conditions people were treated for using medicinal cannabis are: sleep disorder, anxiety, chronic pain, autism, and pain associated with cancer.
