Abbreviations

ACMS
Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling
ACNEM
Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
AMA
Australian Medical Association
AP
Authorised Prescriber
ARTG
Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods
CAS
Controlled Access Scheme
CBD
Cannabidiol
COAG
Council of Australian Governments
CTN
Clinical Trials Notification Scheme
Department
Department of Health
DVA
Department of Veterans' Affairs
EAA
Epilepsy Action Australia
Ethics committee
Human research ethics committee
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practice
GP
General practitioner
Lambert Initiative
Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, University of Sydney
MBS
Medicare Benefits Schedule
McMillan review
Review into the 2016 Medicinal Cannabis amendments to the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967
MCIA
Medicinal Cannabis Industry Australia
MCUA
Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia
ND Act
Narcotic Drugs Act 1967
NICM HRI
National Institute of Complementary Medicine Health Research Institute
ODC
Office of Drug Control
PBAC
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
PBS
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Poisons Standard
Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons
RACGP
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
RPBS
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
S2, S3, etc.
Schedule 2, Schedule 3, etc. in the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons
SAS
Special Access Scheme
SAS-A, SAS-B, SAS-C
Special Access Scheme Category A, Special Access Scheme Category B, Special Access Scheme Category C
TG Act
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
TGA
Therapeutic Goods Administration
TGO 93
Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Medicinal Cannabis) (TGO 93) Order 2017
THC
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
UIC
United in Compassion
UN Single Convention
United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

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