More re­search is need­ed to jus­ti­fy use of 'med­i­c­i­nal' cannabis: UK agen­cies

A con­cert­ed cam­paign to un­lock the use of cannabis to treat se­vere child­hood epilep­sy prompt­ed the British au­thor­i­ties last year to sanc­tion its use in cer­tain pa­tients, when oth­er med­i­cines have failed, af­ter con­sul­ta­tion with a spe­cial­ist doc­tor. On Thurs­day, NHS Eng­land and cost-ef­fec­tive­ness watch­dog NICE un­veiled their pre­lim­i­nary rec­om­men­da­tions on the adop­tion of cannabis-de­rived med­i­cines for a va­ri­ety of con­di­tions. In short, they want more re­search to jus­ti­fy the med­ical use of cannabis.

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