ADHD sufferers self-medicating with cannabis due to NHS delays, charity warns
ADHD sufferers self-medicating with cannabis due to NHS delays, charity warns
A lack of access to ADHD treatment is forcing more people to self-medicate, often with cannabis, a charity has said.
The condition, which affects behaviour, concentration and attention-span, has been diagnosed in more than two-and-a-half million people in the UK.
But only about eight per cent are receiving a prescription for treatment.
Sabah Choudhry reports.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/adhd-sufferers-are-self-medicating-with-cannabis-because-of-nhs-delays-charity-warns-12933943
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Again the myth that cannabis is some sort of wonder drug with no serious side effects. Weak journalism.
medicaring is best left tothe experts not the drug dealers,, but whatever
To know why its not legal in the UK just research DW pharmaceuticals in Surrey and see who has the monopoly on the UK market, the usual suspects!
I HAVE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENS AND IT HELPS ME WITH MY ADHD. MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGAL.
Am with mamedica, best clinic in the U.K.
Big up john robinson 👏 am with mamedica it has changed my life and the vetrans scheme they do is amazing
Cannabis makes me feel better
I suddenly have ADHD
It should be legal but it can’t be because now a third of the drug industry is made of life threatening drugs
ADHD is over-diagnosed. Mostly due to characterising natural male behaviour as problematic.
❤💚💛Jah Ratafari ❤️💚💛
Junkies will be junkies.
Your not deprived by the NHS but the government who keep taking resources away and inflow of money in turn we and the nhs suffer. Don’t forget few years back they wanted to sell the nhs to America investors who wanted privatise it
About time they legalised this nonsense. Making it illegal has not stopped people from smoking it and it is everywhere! Anyone can get it. 😂
It’s absurd that it’s illegal.
Just make it legal already
100%!❤❤❤❤❤❤
It saved me too.
किसी भी चीज की अति नुकसान करतीं हैं।फिर चाहे भांग हो या खाना
Few people who aren’t directly affected, actually understand ADHD. It is horrible, but easily treatable.
And these companies charge £100 for a prescription £100 for a Skype call the fees are extortionate
Safe and effective for those who did not take it😁
We need cannabais legal. We need to legalise magic mushrooms too as that is supposed to be good for some ppl
❤
Cannabis helped me…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Wjk48ohx_g
I waited 33 years and big struggle to eventually get diagnosed. But so much damage was done to my life before this despite first going doctor aged 6 getting diagnosed 25, then NHS lost medical records and took them untill 39 years old..life screwed in so many ways I’m trying help and fear I will die in near future and I’m 46 now……NHS failed me my entire life nearly and the Tory and Blair governments is all I’ve had my entire life it’s buying depressing!!! Why me FFS cursed since birth !!!
Mamedica are amazing!
Marijuana has health benefits for alot mental, and physical conditions, and health experts will not admit this of fear of losing their jobs, and funding to something that works for people 😁❤️
The oldest medicine known to mankind, and it’s miraculous healing properties are well known amongst the medical profession, before prohibition and demonization in 1930s America 82% of the dispensed prescribed medications were cannabis based !!!! So why isn’t it more freely available for several conditions that respond remarkably to cannabis ?
Corruption, Big Pharma and greedy politicians, it’s that easy… follow the money 🤬
Legalise it
It’s works for many more medical issues ,my lower back ect..💯🔥 idc what nobody say .Have a good day,wake and bake..
Its only illegal because they havent made a tax for it and big pharma wouldnt make money on other drugs
should jail him for using cannabis
I have recent been diagnosed ADHD and have been self medicating with cannabis because of PTSD for sometime I have asked my doctor to help 🦆🦆but they probably called their relatives👮 so if it’s good for one it’s good for all suffering ADHD all for 1 one for all👽🛸
I’ve been with Mamedica for 5 months now. Having access to cannabis has been life changing for me with chronic pain caused by a degenerative back problem. The tablets the GP had me on were awful in terms of impact on quality of life. The only issue is the cost of doing it privately vs. an NHS prescription.
stuff the nhs and just go private.
It’s the only thing that helps my son as well. Pills made him like a zombie but with cannabis he can function really well.
At this point, we may as well legalise it and make some money off the taxes
Oh, it’s called ‘self-medication’ now?
what an intelligent young man👍
I damn sure feel this guy 🙌🏾🔥🔥
Listen to this man.
Amphetamine is a better match for ritalin.
Cannabis is on every council estate in britain its as easy as buying cigs from the shop they need to get in the real world and legalise it and stop wasting tax payers money trying to stop it
Not long to go now until legalisation in uk
I’m 25 have ADHD and low end spectrum of Autism… I’d definitely say my ADHD was worse between the ages of 4 -12 then again I’ve been on medication for most of my life life now
So we are now calling substance abuse self-medicating huh? If I happen to punch somebody in the face in future, I’ll simply tell them I didn’t assault him, I’m just "self medicating".
Got an appointment with private clinic on the 16th
1/8 a day keeps doctor away
😂
i’m pretty sure I have ADHD/ADD/aspergers something like that and I have known to smoke in the past. I’m an adult though so getting an assessment is next to impossible. these psychological conditions were not recognised when I was born in 87 or at least not mainstream therefore not looked into.