Cannabis: Medical Treatments
(asked on 14th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the prescription of medicinal cannabis by registered medical practitioners for the use of NHS patients in England; and whether such medication may be brought into the UK if it has been prescribed abroad with the approval of a patient's UK registered medical practitioner.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Cannabis is currently a drug listed under Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and as such, it cannot legally be possessed, supplied or imported without a Home Office Licence.
On 19th June 2018, the Home Secretary announced a review of the scheduling of cannabis. As part of the review, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs will provide an assessment, based on the balance of harms and public health needs, of what, if anything, should be rescheduled.