(ANSA) - LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's Health Ministry will use the standardized bud or fertile gems of cannabis for medical purposes. A new drug classification and new regulation have transferred cannabis from the first class of drugs, that is plants and drugs which are ''very dangerous'' for human health because of the serious consequences of their abuse, to the second group, plants and drugs which are ''dangerous'' for human health, but can nevertheless be used for medicinal purposes. The new regulation prohibits the production and processing of hemp for medicinal purposes, which is the prelude of drug trafficking, but does not introduce any change with regard to industrial cannabis, containing THC amounts less than 0.2%. In addition, in the coming months, a survey on the effects of cannabis in the treatment of epilepsy in children will begin at the pediatric department of the Ljubljana University Hospital.

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