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Cannabis: Prescription Pot Luck?
Since it was legalised five years ago, hardly any patients in the UK have been prescribed medical cannabis. Why is it so hard to get a prescription?
Since it was legalised five years ago, hardly any patients in the UK have been prescribed medical cannabis. Used to treat a number of medical conditions, the government has been accused of misleading the public over its availability on the NHS. Campaigners say an exception has been made for a few patients, but others are being forced to fund it themselves, go without or turn to the black market.
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