Stories about review
Clinicians should have the option to prescribe cannabis-based medicines, the ACMD tells the UK government as part of review
People with certain medical conditions should be able to get access to cannabis-based medicines, according to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
UK Government launches review after three “public health scandals”, including sodium valproate
The UK government has launched a review following three “public health scandals”.
The review will look into how safety and side-effects concerns from people are handled by the NHS and medicine regulators. They will focus around the way three scandals were handled. One of these is around the safety concerns regarding sodium valproate.