Medical cannabis
Just three NHS prescriptions have been given out since medical cannabis was legalised in 2018, it's been suggested.
Hannah Deacon’s son Alfie has refractory epilepsy and after years of fighting in court, was given Britain’s first medicinal cannabis prescription to improve his quality of life. However, with only two weeks notice, the Brexit deal agreed upon by the British government means that Alfie can no longer import his prescription from the Netherlands, leaving the family to once again face having to fight to give Alfie any semblance of a seizure-free life.
With two weeks’ notice, we lost access to the only treatment which has given Alfie any quality of life. We need urgent assistance.
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