UK cannabis law can be confusing. In 2018, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations...

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UK cannabis law can be confusing. In 2018, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001—not the 1971 Act—were updated to allow specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based medicines listed under Schedule 2