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Schedule 8 medication - These are controlled drugs (medications), substances and preparations for therapeutic use which have high potential for misuse, abuse and dependence. The possession of these drugs without authority is an offence.

Serum Levels - Serum blood levels. The amount of a given medication or substance present in your blood at the time of testing.

Special Access Scheme - Refers to arrangements which provide for the importation and/or supply of an unapproved therapeutic good (i.e. those not included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG)) for a single patient, on a case-by-case basis.

Strain (plant) - Variations found within plant cultivars (groups)

Sublingual - Under the tongue

Sustained (effect) - For the effects of a medication to continue for an extended period.

Reference:

Backs, M, 2014 The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana This Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, New York.

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com (viewed March 2019)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical (viewed March 2019)

https://terpenesandtesting.com/category/science/cultivar-v-chemovar-debating-the-debasement-of-cannabis-vernacular/ (viewed March 2019)

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