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Families urge government to fund medical cannabis research
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April 8, 2023
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2:28Now PlayingEnd Our Pain, which campaigns for the benefits of medical cannabis, is set to deliver a letter to Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Monday, urging him to put aside £1.4m towards research into the drug.
Medical cannabis, which campaigners believe can treat neurological diseases, chronic pain and conditions like epilepsy, was made legal in the UK in 2018.
But to date, fewer than five people have received an NHS prescription, leaving the rest forced to go private, or even buy drugs on the black market.
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