Open letter urges PM to improve access to cannabis-based medicines
The families of the campaign End Our Pain have written an open letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for his support with cannabis-based medicine prescriptions.
The families of the campaign End Our Pain have written an open letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for his support with cannabis-based medicine prescriptions.
The families of children with severe epilepsy and epilepsy charities are pleading with the UK government to act on promises made two years ago around access to cannabis-based medicines.
A nine-year-old girl, whose cannabis oil had been confiscated at the airport on Saturday, has been given a prescription for the medicine from a UK specialist.
Teagan's cannabis oil had been confiscated at the airport after her mother Emma Appleby brought the three-month supply into the UK illegally from the Netherlands on 6 April.
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid today formally announced the rescheduling of cannabis-based medicinal products. The changes will come into effect on 1 November.