The Scottish Medicines Consortium has announced that Epidyolex will be the first cannabis-based medicine to be approved for use on the NHS. The CBD-based drug is used to treat rare forms of treatment-resistant epilepsy in children.
Medical cannabis use has been widely recorded throughout the world, and history, for the treatment of a huge array of conditions. In the ancient world, there is evidence that preparations of the plant were used to treat a variety of ailments, including epilepsy, and as an anaesthetic.
Medical cannabis use has been widely recorded throughout the world, and history, for the treatment of a huge array of conditions. In the ancient world, there is evidence that preparations of the plant were used to treat a variety of ailments, including epilepsy, and as an anaesthetic.
Sapphire Medical Foundation has announced its first patient has secured medicine funding for one year.
The WA father and media personality-turned medical cannabis advocate is now hosting public workshops aimed at breaking down the barriers to therapeutic cannabis use. And he says his reasons for supporting the cause are as personal as they get.
For thousands of years, cannabis has been grown for reasons other than drugs.
The attorney general of New Jersey announced on Tuesday that the state will immediately begin allowing patients to obtain medical marijuana recommendations remotely via telehealth services amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio’s medical cannabis sales have reached $100 million so far this year, doubling the sales figures from last year, the program’s first year in operation, according to a Dayton Business Journal report.
A campaigner has urged the UK government to improve access to medical cannabis prescriptions as restrictive guidance from NICE and the BPNA has meant that no new NHS prescriptions have been written for the last two years.
A campaigner has urged the UK government to improve access to medical cannabis prescriptions as restrictive guidance from NICE and the BPNA has meant that no new NHS prescriptions have been written for the last two years.