The UK’s medical cannabis industry is now the second largest in Europe, second only to Germany, thanks to consistent and sustained growth over the last seven years.
Yesterday, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) published new guidance on the safe limit of CBD which can be ingested daily, significantly reducing the figure from 70mg to 10mg.
In its latest report on drugs, the UK Home Affairs Committee recommends that the government widens access to cannabis medicines on the NHS, but cites ‘concerns’ over non-medical use.
CONSERVATIVE MPs have blocked efforts to boost UK medical cannabis access with the Government saying the existing legislation is sufficient.
A LACK of clinical evidence is a key reason the National Health Service offers for the paucity of medicinal cannabis prescriptions in the UK.
