By Julie Fidler
The government in the U.K. has announced that it will relax laws governing access to medical cannabis, which will allow physicians to prescribe cannabis-derived medications. [1]
Home secretary Sajid Javid announced July 26 that cannabis-based medications should be moved to the schedule 2 category in the country’s 2001 Misuse of Drugs Regulations to allow doctors to prescribe them by autumn. Like in the United States, cannabis is currently a schedule 1 drug in the United Kingdom.
As a schedule 1 drug, cannabis is categorized as having no medicinal value and is illegal to prescribe or possess. Marijuana can be used for research, …read more
Source: naturalsociety.com
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