Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68506

ADHD: Cannabis

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prescribing medical cannabis as a treatment for the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No assessment has been made by the Department of the potential merits of prescribing medical cannabis as a treatment for symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Where there are demonstrated therapeutic effects, we would expect manufactures to...

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