The High Clinic

Who it's for

Medical cannabis is a treatment, not a shortcut.

Greek law puts it after other options, not instead of them. Here is what a doctor will be looking for — and what will make them say no.
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Indications

What doctors most often consider it for.

None of these guarantees a prescription. They are the starting points for a conversation about whether it makes sense in your case.

Chronic pain

Long-standing pain — neuropathic, musculoskeletal or otherwise — where conventional treatment has been tried and has not given you enough relief.

Nausea from chemotherapy

Nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment, where standard anti-emetics have not been adequate.

Spasticity in multiple sclerosis

Muscle stiffness and spasm associated with MS and some other neurological conditions.

Treatment-resistant epilepsy

Certain severe epilepsy syndromes that have not responded to standard anticonvulsants.

Palliative care

Symptom control in advanced illness — pain, appetite, nausea, sleep — as part of a wider palliative plan.

Some other conditions

Doctors may consider other indications case by case where the evidence and your history support it. Tell us what's going on and let the doctor weigh it.

What a doctor will ask for

Three things carry most of the weight.

  1. 01A genuine indicationA condition, diagnosed or clearly described, that medical cannabis is plausibly used for.
  2. 02A treatment historyWhat you have already tried — medication, physiotherapy, surgery, therapy — and what happened when you did.
  3. 03No red flagsNothing in your history that makes cannabis the wrong idea for you specifically.

Likely to be declined

  • You are under 18
  • You are pregnant, or breastfeeding
  • You have a personal or close family history of psychosis or schizophrenia
  • You have a significant untreated heart condition
  • You are looking for cannabis without a medical reason for it

If one of these applies to you, please don't work around it in the intake. The doctor needs the real picture to keep you safe, and an inaccurate history is the one thing that makes this genuinely dangerous.

Paperwork

What you'll need to have to hand.

Not much — but the right not-much.

Your ΑΜΚΑ, if you have one

Optional on your profile, but it is what lets a prescription be issued the ordinary Greek way.

A passport, if you don't

Visitors and residents without an ΑΜΚΑ can still be prescribed for — the prescription is issued against your passport instead.

Anything documenting your condition

A discharge letter, a specialist's note, a list of what you take. Helpful, never required.

Not sure whether you'd qualify?

The conversation is free and a doctor will tell you plainly either way. That's often worth more than guessing.

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