Make cannabis-based medicines legal, say UK drug advisers

Advisory council ’s recommendation may pave way for loosening of lawsDoctors in the UK should be able to prescribe cannabis-derived medicine, the government ’s chief drug advisers have recommended, paving the way for a loosening of the laws governing access to the substance.The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has recommended after a review that cannabis-derived medicinal products should be placed in schedule 2 of the misuse of drugs regulations 2001, allowing them to be prescribed by clinicians.Continue reading...
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