Public health experts are warning New Zealand regulators not to overcomplicate medical cannabis rules. They say overseas experience has often been that regulations have needed finetuning after doctors were overwhelmed by paper work and many patients were put off by costs. Massey University's public health expert Marta Rychert has written a guest editorial for the New Zealand Medical Journal, spoke with Corin Dann.
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