Make cannabis-based medicines legal, say UK drug advisers
by Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent from on (#3V6EY)
Advisory council's recommendation may pave way for loosening of laws
Doctors in the UK should be able to prescribe cannabis-derived medicine, the government's chief drug advisers have recommended, paving the way for a loosening of the laws governing access to the substance.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has recommended after a review that cannabis-derived medicinal products should be placed in schedule 2 of the misuse of drugs regulations 2001, allowing them to be prescribed by clinicians.