Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14627

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 18 November 2024

Answered: 25 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on legalising medicinal cannabis.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Since 1 November 2018, there has been a legal route for cannabis-based products for medicinal use to be prescribed by doctors on the General Medical Council specialist register, in accordance with the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. The Government has n...

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