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The therapeutic and medicinal benefits of cannabis-based products – a review of recent evidence.
Interim guidance and information on the law for healthcare professionals
This factsheet outlines the domestic control measures that apply to cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD) and controlled cannabinoids.
Patients can be prescribed medicinal cannabis by specialist doctors from 1 November 2018.
The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee's report.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
The Home Secretary has formally commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to conduct a longer-term review of cannabis-based products for medicinal use.
This circular draws attention to the contents of the Statutory Instrument (SI) – SI 2018/1055.
Home Secretary responds to the recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs about scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
Contains figures for seizures of drugs made by local police forces and the UK Border Force.
This series brings together all documents relating to drugs licensing.
Examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a sample of 16 to 59 year old residents in households in England and Wales.
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