Table 1.

Interview guide

Theme	Question
Medicinal cannabis as an innovative medicine	Before we start, do you view medicinal cannabis as a (pharmaceutical) medicine, or do you feel it should be defined as another type of product?
Role for medicinal cannabis as a pharmaceutical	What do you see currently as the role for medicinal cannabis?
Experience with medicinal cannabis	Can you tell us a bit about your experiences around medicinal cannabis?
Rollout of medicinal cannabis in Australia	Take us through the processes of prescribing medicinal cannabis from when a patient presents, to when they leave and when you review their progress?
Overall attitude to medicinal cannabis in Australia	Is there anything that we haven’t discussed yet that you think is important for us to know about? Such as a take home or ‘chestnut’ message.