Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has blocked one of its neurologists from prescribing cannabis medicine to a nine-year-old boy who suffers…
Jan 03
Dec 15
This Week In Weed – 16 December
Teagan Appleby home after Epidiolex hospital treatment Teagan Appleby of Aylesham, Kent has been successfully treated for her epilepsy with…
Dec 05
Two-year-old Jorja Emerson is first UK child to get cannabis prescription – for £1,000 a month
Two-year-old Jorja Emerson, who suffers with more than 30 epileptic seizures a day, has become the first child in the…
Nov 25
This Week In Weed – 25 November
Mum accuses drug firms of ‘playing God’ A mother has accused drugs firms of “playing God” with her son’s life…
Nov 04
‘Law change is meaningless’ says mother of epileptic child denied cannabis medicine
Families of children with epilepsy say they have been denied prescriptions for medicinal cannabis despite the law change on 1…
Sep 30
Case of Eddie Braun Unpromising For Prescriptions by Specialist Doctors
The government has announced that specialist doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis-based medicines but it remains to be seen…
Jul 11
Epilepsy: Sophia Gibson Hospitalised By Cannabis Licence Hold Up
Sophia Gibson, a seven-year-old girl who has been waiting to hear from the Home Office if she can be treated…
May 09
UK Update: Alfie Dingley could be granted medical cannabis licence in 4 weeks
After every possible legal avenue has been exacerbated pressure on the Government finally made them cave when Hannah Deacon, mother…
Mar 18
GW Pharmaceuticals progress with diabetes, epilepsy and schizophrenia cannabis medicines
Clinical trials to use cannabis in the treatment of debilitating illness proving successful for licensed UK company. Whilst the release…
Dec 01
New drug Epidiolex by GW Pharmaceuticals gets FDA cinical trial approval for pediatric epilepsy
GW Pharmaceuticals; the company responsible for manufacturing Sativex, the cannabis extract in a spray bottle marketed for MS spasticity and…
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