Cannabis: Medical Treatments

(asked on 23rd October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) randomised control trials and (b) other research have been done into the medical potential of cannabis in the UK since November 2018.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 5th November 2020

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds and supports research on the medicinal benefits of cannabis. This includes six randomised controlled trials, one of which is jointly funded by the Medical Research Council. The NIHR also funds three further studies on medicinal benefits of cannabis and supports another through the Clinical Research Network. Details of studies can be found on the NIHR Open Data website at the following link:

https://nihr.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has also supported research on the potential therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids, with much of the research in this area being funded by UKRI’s Medical Research Council.

The Economic and Social Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have small portfolios of research with some of those projects also being related to the medical use of cannabis. All UKRI funded research can be found online at Gateway to Research.

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