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Couple secure permissions to grow medical marjiuana at home

(29 Jun 2018) LEADIN: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana. The Netherlands, a country with a long tradition of its liberal approach to soft drugs, introduced medical cannabis in 2003.   Fifteen years later, some patients  have gone a step further, securing permission from local authorities to grow their own cannabis at home. STORYLINE: Marian Hutten suffers from Rheumatoid arthritis, which causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. Hutten and her partner Serge de Bruijn grow cannabis (marijuana) in their home in Tilburg, Netherlands. They secured permission to do so legally earlier this year after several years of negotiation with the town authorities. They are permitted to grow cannabis for their personal medical use only and the house electricity installations must be inspected annually, to ensure they meet required safety standards. In the Netherlands many coffee shops openly sell marijuana and hash, but they have no way to legally source their products. Many are supplied by mini-plantations hidden in residential areas, causing a fire hazard. Police are called in to dismantle them on a daily basis. The couple became the first medical marijuana growers in the Netherlands and their hometown Tilburg is the only place in the country that allows this practice. The authorities recently issued an additional 24 permissions for people to grow cannabis. Under the program, launched in 2003, standardized marijuana is grown by government-licensed growers under controlled conditions and sold by prescription in pharmacies. Three years ago Hutten and de Bruijn decided to grow their own 'organic' medical cannabis, without the use of pesticides or man-made fertilisers. After researching methods on the internet, the couple now produce a range of cannabis products including CBD oil. CBD is one of more than 100 chemicals found in marijuana. It doesn't contain THC, the ingredient that gives marijuana its mind-altering effect. Hutten says that she prefers to use THC products than CBD which are giving her headaches, but she recognizes that people react differently to cannabis products. " I use not a lot CBD (cannabis-based chemical ingredient ) because that does not have a right effect for me. I prefer THC (cannabis-based chemical ingredient) for a long time because when I take a lot of CBD I get a headache, but every person is different..." A local pharmacist helps the couple with advice, however, this homegrown marijuana has never been tested in a laboratory. Generally, CBD oil is more accepted by the general public. According to figures from the Netherlands Pharmacist Association in 2016, there were 55,000 users of medical cannabis in the country. Bruijn says the smell of burning cannabis is unappealing to some, so they prefer CBD oil. "When you use the oil I think you don't make a lot of problems (to the people around) but when you smoke or vaping it, I think (because of) the smell people think about the drugs, because the smell is the problem I think." Ruud Coolen van Brakel, is director of IVN a director of the Dutch Institute for responsible use of Medication. He says that CDB oil does not require a medical presciption in the Netherlands as it is considered a herbal product. But he cautions that it is not the cure-all that some people believe it to be. Hutten thinks that the Dutch medical sector has a lack of awareness of the positive effects that medical cannabis can provide. Side effects with the drug include diarrhoea, vomiting, fatigue and sleep problems. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...