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Medicinal Cannabis and the Tyranny of Distance: Policy Reform Required for Optimizing Patient and Health System Net Benefit in Australia

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  1. The ANU College of Health & Medicine - The School of Medicine, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    David Caldicott

  2. Scientific Advisory Board, United in Compassion, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Justin Sinclair

  3. School of Management, Operations and Marketing, Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Lynnaire Sheridan

  4. Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Simon Eckermann

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David Caldicott, Justin Sinclair, Lynnaire Sheridan and Simon Eckermann have no conflicts of interest. David Caldicott is a member of the ACT Medical Cannabis Advisory Group. Justin Sinclair, David Caldicott and Simon Eckermann are members on the Scientific Board of United in Compassion. Justin Sinclair is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of BioCeuticals.

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Caldicott, D., Sinclair, J., Sheridan, L. et al. Medicinal Cannabis and the Tyranny of Distance: Policy Reform Required for Optimizing Patient and Health System Net Benefit in Australia. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 16, 153–156 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-018-0374-x

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