Therapeutic use of cannabis.

Therapeutic cannabis use raises a number of dilemmas for nurses. This article examines the legal, political and ethical challenges raised by the use of cannabis by people with life-limiting or terminal illnesses in their own homes. (Throughout this paper, the term cannabis refers to illegal cannabis unless specified.

Cannabis use in palliative care - an examination of the evidence and the implications for nurses.

Aim And Objective: Examine the pharmaceutical qualities of cannabis including a historical overview of cannabis use. Discuss the use of cannabis as a clinical intervention for people experiencing palliative care, including those with life-threatening chronic illness such as multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease [amyotrophic lateral sclerosis] in the UK.

Background: The non-medicinal use of cannabis has been well documented in the media.

Evaluating the impact of a partnership for creating change in substance misuse practice in St. Petersburg, Russia.

This paper reports on an evaluation of an innovative education and training programme for nurses and narcologists in St. Petersburg, Russia. The aims of the evaluation were: first, to evaluate the effect of the education and training programme on the clinical practice of doctors and nurses who have had direct contact with the programme and, second, to evaluate the influence of the education and training programme on city-wide drug and alcohol policy and practice.

An education programme for professionals who specialize in substance misuse in St. Petersburg, Russia: part 2.

This paper extends the account of a joint project of education and training of doctors and nurses in St. Petersburg, Russia funded by the Know How Fund Health Sector Small Partnership Scheme (Russia) (). It reports the findings of two evaluations of the project.