Medical cannabis clinics in Portugal

What a Portuguese clinic can and cannot do

Conventional treatment must have failed or caused significant side effects first, and the condition must be on Infarmed's list (Deliberation 11/CD/2019):

• spasticity from multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury;
• chemotherapy, radiotherapy or antiviral nausea and vomiting;
• appetite loss in palliative care for cancer or AIDS;
• chronic pain linked to cancer or the nervous system;
• Tourette syndrome, severe childhood epilepsies such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut, and treatment-resistant glaucoma.

The prescription follows narcotics rules and goes to any pharmacy, which may need days to order the product. Dried flower is authorized for vaporization only, and prices are not reimbursed for most products. Verdex found no official guidance on foreign prescriptions, so bring your records and ask the pharmacy before travelling.

Clinics are healthcare providers, so before booking check that the establishment is registered with the Entidade Reguladora da Saúde (ERS), which publishes a searchable register of providers, and that the doctor is registered with their professional order. A clinic that promises a prescription before an assessment is a warning sign. Our Portugal medical cannabis guide covers the full route, product list and dated prices; the rules on personal possession are in our Portugal decriminalization explainer.