Dispensed is being investigated by regulators amid allegations the clinic inappropriately prescribed medicinal cannabis to a patient who later took his own life.
The ABC reported that the patient had struggled with auditory hallucinations and was already on antipsychotic medication before being prescribed medicinal cannabis.
According to his father, his son’s regular GP and psychiatrist were unaware of the cannabis prescription, which he obtained through Dispensed. Cannabiz reported last month that Dispensed co-founder Adam Younes had been banned from dispensing schedule 8 medications, while two Dispensed doctors had also been suspended.
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