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247 – The British government announced Thursday (26) that it will be allowed to prescribe cannabis-derived drugs in the UK, starting in March of next year. "This will help patients with specific medical needs, but this is by no means a first step towards the legalization of recreational cannabis," said the country's interior minister, Sajid Javid. .
Interior Minister Javid said in a statement
The discussion on the change of law came after a controversial case in June of this year. Billy Caldwell, a boy with epilepsy, had to be hospitalized. He could not take any medication because the authorities had confiscated his cannabis oil medications, purchased in Canada at Heathrow Airport in London.
According to the Home Secretary, the British government's position on marijuana-derived drug products was not "satisfactory". "Therefore, we launched a review and created a group of experts to advise on license applications in exceptional circumstances," he said
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