While cannabis usually conveys a negative image related to crime and harm to health in Japan, its positive effects have recently been drawing attention in the country.
A revised cannabis control law was enacted in early December, allowing the use of medicines containing substances derived from cannabis.
People with intractable epilepsy, for which existing drugs are not very effective, are eagerly waiting to be administered Epidiolex, a drug developed by a British company.
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