A mother who tried to bring medical cannabis oils into the UK illegally for her severely epileptic daughter has obtained a prescription from a UK doctor. Campaigner Emma Appleby is
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A medical cannabis company has “saved” the life of a severely epileptic girl by giving her free access to treatment not provided to her by the NHS, according to her
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MPs have called for an “urgent review” of the way medicines for rare diseases are approved as patients are being “left behind” under the current system. Labour MP Liz Twist
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Private companies should pay for trials into medical cannabis because they stand to make the profits, England’s top doctor has said. But the country’s chief medical officer Professor Dame Sally
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Up to 60,000 UK cases of adult depression could potentially be avoided if teenagers did not smoke cannabis, new research suggests. Smoking the drug before the age of 18 is
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A move to legalise cannabis by Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb has been blocked by MPs. Mr Lamb (North Norfolk) brought a 10 Minute Rule Bill on the issue because
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Thousands of patients are being denied prescriptions for cannabis despite the law change because of “botched and cruel” medical guidance, MPs have warned. Conservative former minister Sir Mike Penning was
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Doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients in the UK from today. Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced last month that new regulations would come into force on
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Children are increasingly being prosecuted for selling cannabis and should be treated like victims of exploitation and not criminals, a report has argued. Research released on Wednesday found prosecutions of
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The mother of an epileptic teenager is calling for a new “Billy’s Law” in Northern Ireland. Billy Caldwell’s mum Charlotte successfully led a campaign to get medicinal cannabis laws changed
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