UK cannabis law is often misunderstood. In 2018, the Misuse of Drugs...

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UK cannabis law is often misunderstood. In 2018, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001—not the 1971 Act—were updated to allow specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based medicines, like Sativex and Epidyolex