Bristol gets first medical cannabis centre
The MyAccess service in Redland Court Road’s May Wellness Centre is only the second medical cannabis clinic in the UK to get a licence, which the CQC announced last night (November 13).
UK patient advocacy group launched to help access medical cannabis
The group is chaired by former Health Minster and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and Queens Nursing Institute, Ann Keen RN, who is launching the nurses arm to begin working towards helping patients access medical cannabis and towards care in the regulated medical cannabis framework in the UK.
Georgia medical marijuana program starts after 7-month wait
Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law.
First medical cannabis clinic outside London receives CQC licence
MyAccess Clinics is the first medical cannabis clinic outside of London to receive a Care Quality Commission (CQC) licence, and just the second in the UK, meaning medical cannabis can be prescribed legally within the May Wellness Centre in Bristol.
An Interview with Dr Anna Waldstein: A Journey through Marijuana, Medicine and Rastafari
Everyone is talking about medical cannabis. In the US, more than anywhere, white men in suits have started to smell the green. With military-like strategy they are taking territory on a new economic terrain. The current route of socially acceptable cannabis sometimes appears to be the road to Babylon.
GW Pharma founder tells of relief at NHS approval for cannabis drug
Doctors Geoffrey Guy and Brian Whittle were asked by the government in 1998 to try to create a safe medicine from cannabis to ease the intense pains caused by multiple sclerosis.Sufferers had for years been using cannabis illegally.
Cannabis-based medicines: Two drugs approved for NHS
Two cannabis-based medicines, used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, have been approved for use by the NHS in England.
Patient Profile – Ann Charlotte Stewart, PhD by Sharon Letts
Swedish speaker, coach, hemp and cannabis advocate, Ann Charlotte Stewart, PhD, lives with her mother on one of the oldest farms in Sweden. Established in 1490, fifteen generations of her family have been raised here. As of 2018, they are now proudly growing hemp.
Families left in cannabis catch 22 one year after medicinal use made legal in the UK
One year ago, a change in the law allowed doctors in the UK to prescribe medicinal cannabis.
Medical cannabis: Why are doctors still not prescribing it?
Like most teenagers, Lucy Stafford has plans. Normal plans. The plans anyone makes as they progress into adulthood. She wants to complete her degree, spend time with friends and family, and explore her independence.