uk medical cannabis
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November 22, 2024
Medical Cannabis in the UK: An In-Depth Look at the Industry and Its Challenges
Introduction
In case you weren't already aware, medical Cannabis, aka CBPMs (Cannabis-Based-Prescription-Medicines), was made legal back in 2018. There were undoubtedly many patients who celebrated this moment as the moment the first domino fell. However, following the law change, other than the patient's campaigning, most people were unaware of how to access it. Moreover, as primarily the public campaign was centred on two severely epileptic children whose lives were being seriously diminished due to the illegality of medical Cannabis, the widespread belief was that it would be tough to access and would be out of reach for most individuals. That may have been true six years ago, but in 2024, a vast number of medical cannabis clinics, 48 as of 21/11/2024,
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October 12, 2022
The Early Days of Cannabis and the law
The History of Medical Cannabis has been one that has been fraught with difficulties due to the lengthy history of prohibition that has routinely infringed on the liberties of medical Cannabis patients worldwide. The history of medical Cannabis has been more contradictory than unfavourable for the substance. For instance, in 1553, King Henry VIII imposed restrictions on the public that required every 60-acre-plus household under strict instruction to grow hemp or face a stiff fine. Often landowners defied this law, and the penalties of £5.00 were severe at the time; this meant that the business of detecting and fining agricultural farms without a farm was highly profitable. This legislation
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