India Opens First Medical Cannabis Clinic

The report says

HempCann Solutions, an Odisha-based startup, has selected the city of Bengaluru to launch India’s first research-based medical cannabis clinic that will also sell tablets and oils made from the plant by the beginning of February 2020. Under the brand name Vedi Herbals, this company will construct a wellness centre and clinic that can prescribe cannabis-infused tablets for everything from inflammation to anxiety. “Cannabis has several mentions in Ayurveda, which is India’s original medical system that is more than 5,000 old”, says Sourab Agarwal, managing director of HempCann Solutions and the founding trustee of the Medicinal Cannabis Foundation of India. “India is the birthplace of cannabis and now is the right time to make healthcare professionals realise its immense therapeutic value.” The meds you can buy here claim to help with inflammation, downers and even your flagging sex life.

But in case you enjoy the occasional toke, you may be wondering how it’s possible to have such a clinic in a country where weed is still illegal under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. However the NDPS Act basically bans the flowers and resin of the cannabis plant, which is what is crushed and put into pipes and bongs to get you high, whereas hemp plants or the leaves and seeds of the cannabis plant are exempt. Since these parts of the plant also contain cannabinoids like CBD and THC, the main psychoactive substance, they lay the grounds for legal loopholes. “The THC measure in most cannabis plants used to make hemp powder or CBD oils found in the western part of the world is usually not more than 0.3 percent, but that measure may be higher in India since marijuana grows in the wild here or only at specific government research centres,” Aayushman Narayan, the business development executive at HempCann told VICE. According to Narayan, this makes these cannabis capsules and oils more potent and effective than a regular CBD oil out there since they contain a wholesome extract containing THC, CBD and other cannabinoids to relieve pain and cure illnesses.

Another major factor in the administration regulating such cannabis medicines is that ancient Indian Ayurvedic practices actively used cannabis as a cure for pretty much everything. “Our bodies produce cannabinoids naturally and so does cannabis, which is the fundamental basis of using cannabis as a medicine. So, since cannabis is already included in Ayurveda, it earned us ratification from India’s Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy (AYUSH)” says Narayan. Hence, HempCann has received a pan-India license to distribute these medicines on a prescription basis, which can be given by any Ayurvedic doctor or through an online consultation.

Read more at  https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/qjdv9p/indias-first-medical-cannabis-marijuana-clinic-is-finally-here

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