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While more than 89,000 private medical cannabis prescriptions have been made in the UK, there have been fewer than five medical cannabis prescriptions via the NHS. [12] UK legislation states that a prescription for medical cannabis can only be initiated by a specialist consultant on the General Medical Council (GMC) register. [13]
After UK legalisation of medical cannabis in November 2018, [4] Releaf Dispensary Ltd, founded by Mason Soiza, [5] was incorporated on 10 May 2022. [6] Buoyed by a £1.5m funding round in 2023, [1] Releaf developed a health technology platform to ease access to cannabis-based prescription medicines (CBPMs) for patients.
The first private, stand-alone Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered cannabis clinic was opened by Sapphire medical in December 2019, [60] since then a number of private clinics have opened across the UK. The UK's first medical cannabis registry set up and run by Drug Science charity was launched in August 2020.
The term private prescription is a term used in the United Kingdom for a medical prescription which is not supplied under the National Health Service (NHS).. Unlike for NHS prescription there is no special stationery as mandated by the General Medical Council; a private prescription can be printed, handwritten or created electronically by an authorised prescriber on any piece of paper or ...
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GW Pharmaceuticals Limited [1] is a British pharmaceutics company known for its multiple sclerosis treatment product nabiximols (brand name, Sativex) which was the first natural cannabis plant derivative to gain market approval in any country. [3]
Walker said he thinks his UK research team should include all addicts who enter Recovery Kentucky. “If I had my druthers I would include them,” he said. “We would include everybody.” But the parameters of the study are not up to him, he explained, but determined by Recovery Kentucky – the subject of the study.
Cannabis trafficking, including sale, import, or cultivation for sale, is punishable by jail time. Legalized in Catalonia in 2017, [247] but that law was challenged by the state and declared unconstitutional. [248] Cultivation in private areas for own consumption is allowed if the plants cannot be seen from the street or other public spaces. [249]