‘Please take us seriously. Our lives are not a joke.’
Musician Jake Barrow was the first UK patient to secure medical cannabis on licence to combat acute pain and is now fighting to be one of the first to benefit from last year’s law change.
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Musician Jake Barrow was the first UK patient to secure medical cannabis on licence to combat acute pain and is now fighting to be one of the first to benefit from last year’s law change.
Peter McCusker·

Last year’s dramatic medical cannabis law change is due in no small part to the work of a handful of determined campaigners, as Cannabis Health reports.
Peter McCusker·

Patients are being failed by a ‘conservative’ medical professional ‘too frightened’ to implement last year’s sweeping cannabis legal shake-up
Peter McCusker·

Hundreds of millions of pounds are being invested into the UK medical cannabis industry, writes Peter McCusker
Peter McCusker·

Following the birth of her first child Heston, now aged seven, Marie Emma Smith began experiencing stomach problems.
Peter McCusker·

North Londoner and keen Spurs fan Robert Cohen 46, has dreams of starting a family, but struggles to live a normal life due to his medical condition.
Peter McCusker·

Battling cancer patient Luzita Hill says she — and thousands like her — should not be treated as criminals. Peter McCusker reports.
Peter McCusker·