{"id":6309,"date":"2016-07-08T08:49:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T08:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2016-07-08T08:49:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T08:49:14","slug":"marijuana-becomes-legal-in-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-becomes-legal-in-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Becomes Legal In Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-becomes-legal-in-macedonia\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Belgrade \u2013 Marijuana-derived medicines became legal on Monday in <span class=\"highlight\">Macedonia<\/span>, which joined over a dozen European countries that have already authorised the products for certain patients.<\/p>\n<p>So far 13 European Union nations have legalised marijuana-derived medicines including Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Medicines containing less then 0.2 percent of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the plant\u2019s main psychoactive ingredient, can now be prescribed by doctors and bought in pharmacies, the head of Macedonia\u2019s agency for medicines Marija Darkovska-Serafimovska told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will help a huge number of Macedonian citizens that are fighting serious illnesses and have a need for treatment with nature-based products,\u201d Darkovska-Serafimovska said.<\/p>\n<p>The medicines are available to patients battling health problems linked with cancer, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.<\/p>\n<p>The marijuana-derived products are, however, only accessible under doctors\u2019 supervision and with a prescription.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a replacement for medical treatment,\u201d Health Minister Nikola Todorov said after parliament passed in May the new law allowing the sales following months of public debate.<\/p>\n<p>Other marijuana use remains illegal under Macedonian law, EurActiv.com reports.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/marijuana-becomes-legal-in-macedonia.PNG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Katelyn Baker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/inserbia.info\/today\/2016\/06\/marijuana-becomes-legal-in-macedonia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana Becomes Legal In <span class=\"highlight\">Macedonia<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: InSerbis With Agencies<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:info@inserbia.info\">info@inserbia.info<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Leafly<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/inserbia.info\/today\/\" target=\"_blank\">InSerbia News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgrade \u2013 Marijuana-derived medicines became legal on Monday in Macedonia, which joined over a dozen European countries that have already&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2016\/07\/marijuana-becomes-legal-macedonia\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}