Analysis of Cannabinoids Concentration in Cannabis Oil Galenic Preparations: Harmonization between Three Laboratories in Northern Italy.

Medical cannabis is increasingly being used in the treatment and support of several diseases and syndromes. The quantitative determination of active ingredients (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, and cannabidiol, CBD) in galenic oily preparations is prescribed by law for each produced batch. The aim of this work is to describe the organization of the titration activity centralized at three regional reference laboratories in Northern Italy.

Application of a protocol "alcohol and drugs" with the Prefecture of La Spezia, Italy. Results for the year 2011 following the application of the protocol, alcohol and drugs (Sections 186/187 CDS) shared between the Prefecture of La Spezia and the ASL 5 Liguria.

This article deals with the need - which is becoming urgent considering that the crime of road murder will soon be introduced - for the health authorities to correctly and fully apply the proposed "alcohol and drugs" protocol of the highway code, in order to obtain toxicological obviousness to be used as evidence of the offence.