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Medical cannabis trial will target 20,000 UK patients
Source: The Observer
Medical cannabis trial will target 20,000 UK patients
Project backed by Royal College of Psychiatrists aims to be largest on drug’s use in Europe
Jamie Doward and Lily Gordon Brown
Sun 3 Nov 2019 08.35 GMT
Up to 20,000 patients in the UK are to be given medical cannabis over a two-year period in an initiative that aims to create the largest body of evidence on the drug in Europe.
The move, to be unveiled on Thursday, is backed by one of the UK’s leading medical bodies and it is hoped it will persuade the NHS to prescribe the drug for a range of conditions.
Although medical cannabis was legalised in the UK a year ago, it remains unobtainable for many patients, according to campaigners.
“Medical cannabis is still out of reach for far too many,” said Professor David Nutt from the independent scientific body Drug Science, the organisation behind the launch of Project Twenty21, which will see 20,000 patients supplied with subsidised cannabis products by the end of 2021.
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Project backed by Royal College of Psychiatrists aims to be largest on drug’s use in Europe
Jamie Doward and Lily Gordon Brown
Sun 3 Nov 2019 08.35 GMT
Up to 20,000 patients in the UK are to be given medical cannabis over a two-year period in an initiative that aims to create the largest body of evidence on the drug in Europe.
The move, to be unveiled on Thursday, is backed by one of the UK’s leading medical bodies and it is hoped it will persuade the NHS to prescribe the drug for a range of conditions.
Although medical cannabis was legalised in the UK a year ago, it remains unobtainable for many patients, according to campaigners.
“Medical cannabis is still out of reach for far too many,” said Professor David Nutt from the independent scientific body Drug Science, the organisation behind the launch of Project Twenty21, which will see 20,000 patients supplied with subsidised cannabis products by the end of 2021.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/03/medical-cannabis-uk-clinical-trial-patients-nhs