Medical cannabis has been legal in the UK since 2018 and is prescribed for chronic pain conditions when a patient is deemed to have exceptional clinical needs, and at least two other treatments have failed.
According to the NHS, very few people are likely to get a prescription for medical-grade cannabis, and it’s currently only prescribed for children and adults with rare forms of epilepsy, adults with vomiting or nausea caused by chemotherapy, or people with muscle stiffness and spasms caused by multiple sclerosis. Cannabis-based medicine can only be prescribed on the NHS by a specialist hospital doctor, or under a specialist's supervision.
