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Interest in medical cannabis for autism is growing among patients, families and clinicians, but research has yet to establish whether it is an effective treatment.
Intractable Epilepsy is the UK’s first charity dedicated to funding children’s private prescriptions for medical cannabis.
Three out of four parents would consider giving their child CBD to help with mental health symptoms such as anxiety and sleep.
There is currently only one consultant who specialises in paediatric epilepsy prescribing cannabis in the UK
The parents of three-year-old Charlie Hughes have welcomed new guidelines clarifying that clinicians can prescribe medical cannabis. Matt and Ali Hughes have reached a settlement in their fight with the […]
Increasing numbers of adults have ditched alcohol and turned to cannabis since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports from the US. The online survey, run by The […]
Welsh MPs are calling on ministers to do more as desperate parents face a race against the clock to fund their son’s prescription. Former cabinet minister and MP for Cardiff […]
Campaigners welcomed the news that teenager Billy Caldwell will have access to his prescription on the NHS but now they are asking: ‘what about the rest of our children?’ Earlier […]
Despite medical cannabis being legal in the UK for almost eight years, many patients remain hesitant or unsure about whether it is right for them. While awareness of the legality […]
The Hannah Deacon Campaign is calling on the government to support children unable to access medical cannabis on the NHS.
On Tuesday, November 25, nearly 200 healthcare professionals, patient advocates, cannabis educators, and industry leaders converged on London’s Conway Hall for the inaugural Cannabis Health Symposium. The event embodied the UK medical cannabis industry’s […]
What was once hailed as a historic victory has become a ‘national failure’, campaigners say.
Ministers raised concerns related to the growing use among young people and potential risks to mental health.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) will carry out a formal review of the regulatory framework around cannabis-based medicinal products.
CBD was linked to meaningful benefits and improved behaviour in children and teenagers with autism spectrum disorder.
In a new research paper, mothers using medical cannabis to manage their health say it helps them to be ‘more present’ and ‘tolerant’ parents. A new study, funded by the […]
Via Business of Cannabis The first parliamentary debate on medical cannabis in the UK under the new Labour administration has shattered hopes of a more progressive stance on reform. Despite […]
Almost 400 families were found to be sourcing illegal cannabis products having been unable to get a prescription on the NHS.
Six years on from the legalisation of medical cannabis in the UK, new figures reveal lack of NHS prescribing.
A new paper highlights how current policies, and a lack of training for professionals, are contributing to a range of harms.
The team are now studying how CBD interacts in the mouse brain to better understand why the drug affects behaviour in this way.
The findings offer some of the first insights into the prevalence of CBD use among adolescents.
Almost six years since the law change, children still struggle to access a consistent supply of medicine in the UK, writes Matt Hughes, Medcan Family Foundation.
Cross-party MPs have signed a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to ‘finish what was started’
