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UK: Landmark medicinal cannabis reforms don't go far enough, say campaigners Maria da Silva Bristol Cable Friday 12 Oct 2018 Medicinal cannabis will be available on prescription for the first time in the UK from next month, the government has announced, but experts in Bristol are concerned that the reforms may not go far enough. Home secretary Sajid Javid first announced the relaxing of laws in July, following outcry over two prominent cases of children Alfie Dingley, 6, and Billy Caldwell, 12, who suffer from severe epilepsy. Their families had to battle to get hold of cannabis oil, which they found reduced the number of seizures suffered by their sons. As a result, they joined calls by campaign groups for the government to make it easier to get cannabis prescribed as a medicine, which is most likely to benefit those suffering from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic pain. Specialist doctors – but not GPs – will be able to give out cannabis on prescription from November. Medicinal cannabis will be available on prescription for the first time in the UK from next month, the government has announced, but experts in Bristol are concerned that the reforms may not go far enough. Home secretary Sajid Javid first announced the relaxing of laws in July, following outcry over two prominent cases of children Alfie Dingley, 6, and Billy Caldwell, 12, who suffer from severe epilepsy. Their families had to battle to get hold of cannabis oil, which they found reduced the number of seizures suffered by their sons. As a result, they joined calls by campaign groups for the government to make it easier to get cannabis prescribed as a medicine, which is most likely to benefit those suffering from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic pain. https://thebristolcable.org/2018/10/landmark-medicinal-cannabis-reforms-dont-go-far-enough-say-campaigners/
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