What’s in cannabis-derived medicines? – BBC News



UK doctors will be able to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis to patients from the autumn. What’s in these medicines? And what …

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  1. I have been living with an epileptic friend for three months an surprisingly his doctor commented that the episods had decreased for the past two months could it be coz of my stoning habits?

  2. I guess I,m one of the lucky humanes beings who will be left in this planet after a few years , now that marijuana is legal in the us , this is not a joke this stuff kills people , but that's what people want s so be it !!!

  3. ‘Cannabis is also being grown legally in the UK for another medicine, Epidiolex. It's currently being reviewed for the treatment of two rare forms of uncontrollable epilepsy, by medicine agencies in both the US and Europe. But it's not yet available.
    The specially bred type of cannabis plant used to make it is grown in a glasshouse in Wissington, Norfolk, by British Sugar – which also grows virtually all of the sugar beet in the UK.
    British Sugar – whose managing director is Paul Kenward – has an exclusive deal with pharmaceutical company GW, which makes Epidiolex. Mr Kenward is married to drugs minister Victoria Atkins.
    She was accused of "hypocrisy on a grand scale" over her husband's involvement in a legal cannabis farm. She declared the interest in Parliament when she was appointed in 2017 and excused herself from speaking for the government on cannabis.’ – BBC, May 23, 2018

  4. Sorry, no one has any right regulating what another adult can or can’t consume, let alone making a bloody plant illegal, the drug war has failed us, causing more suffering than any drug, except maybe alcohol and tobacco combined

  5. Which is a very good news for people with back injuries to the spine, will be very helpful to people insha'Allah,it's a natural medicine from Allah SWT,, with no side affects,, been on earth 4 the last six thousand years,, for the human beings,, so take advantage guys,,and be great full to Allah SWT,,, Allah Hafiz ❤️🤲✌️🇵🇰🇬🇧

  6. The amount of Revenue that will come from this is staggering-They should just legalise it…And let all these people out of jail who have been made to feel like criminals-Not everyone wants to Drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. ..They love to Tax the Shit outta them.
    So Cannabis is here and it's all over the world!
    So let the Good honest Hard working tokers just live there happy high lives and then deal with the Real Problems facing Britain right now-Where do we start-Immigration Laws

  7. Its a plant used for millennia with medicinal benefits written in ancient Chinese texts from 4000BC…. but the media keeps telling us its bad in the papers and on the TV. It seems the only place where we can get factual information now is on the internet with peer-to-peer networking. Drug prohibition needs to end. A huge mistake was made. Then another massive injustice in the 60's when all the psychedelics were outlawed. psychedelics are nothing but medicinal. Drug prohibition creates the violence, suffering, trauma & death. our current system has been forced to calcify around this cancer of political bollocks and now all the wrong people are making a ton of money from it.

    I want to live in a world where i can buy whatever drug I want legally, know exactly what it is, know exactly the responsible dose i want to take and to live a peaceful life.

    Drugs are a healthcare issue. NOT a police issue.

  8. This guy looks like Bill Nye the science guy compared to the large grow companies in Canada.. Look at Aphria or Aurora cannabis. Not to mention Canopy growth. They are all growing a million sq ft of greenhouse or better..

  9. UK gubberment 'Cannabis is bad yo. It has no medicinal use yo'. Then goes on to sell it for medical use all over the world for huge profit through companies the politicians have stakes in. I wonder why they won't make it legal to grow, sell and use in the UK? Hmmm…

  10. the uk government are going to fuck this up by selling out to the Canadian or American markets. this should be produced in house by the people that have wanted this for decades, not some moneygrubber. iv not problem at all with Americans or Canadians but the uk needs to keep its industry's in the uk and not send it abroad for once.

  11. I work for the police and I would vote for cannabis to be legalised, there is nothing wrong with the plant but we still have to raid houses for a plant growing that will never hurt anyone just because some old people say it’s bad

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