CANNABIS-DERIVED medicinal products will be rescheduled in the UK from 01 Nov, after which specialist doctors will be legally able to issue cannabis prescriptions for dispensing by pharmacists.
An amendment to the UK's Misuse of Drugs Regulations was detailed to the British Parliament last week, but Home Secretary Sajid Javid emphasised that GPs would not be able to prescribe such items.
Cannabis-derived products must only be prescribed "when the patient has an unmet special clinical need that cannot be met by licensed products," according to the updated regulations.
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