Still no medical cannabis trials for NHS – five years on from legalisation

Still no medical cannabis trials for NHS – five years on from legalisation

Five years after medical cannabis was legalised, the government still hasn’t funded clinical trials that could see it being used on the NHS, Sky News has been told.

The Home Office reclassified the drug in 2018 to allow specialist doctors to prescribe the drug under tight controls.

But a year later the NHS watchdog NICE warned doctors they shouldn’t prescribe the drug to the eight million patients with chronic pain, because it said there weren’t enough good quality clinical trials.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/still-no-medical-cannabis-trials-for-nhs-five-years-on-from-legalisation-13020499

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45 Comments

  1. @richiemarshall2755 on December 6, 2023 at 1:50 am

    I find it quite amusing how thay dress like there in a operating room follow the science fools pesents had it figured long ago



  2. @simongentry on December 6, 2023 at 1:50 am

    THIS is how Kier Starmer, Shadow Tory Prime Minister wins the election. Forget Brexit…



  3. @makeracistsafraidagain on December 6, 2023 at 1:53 am

    I’ve been conducting daily trials since 1975. I’m about ready to publish.



  4. @shaun4357 on December 6, 2023 at 1:54 am

    Because they need money from prescriptions



  5. @ShadowMan66 on December 6, 2023 at 1:55 am

    Remember a Plant that is easily grown has over the many decades been proven much more Safe and Effective than a more recently approved experimental drug!



  6. @panmix1818 on December 6, 2023 at 1:55 am

    Plenty research shows cannabis is not addictive there is no side effects to stopping g opoids clearly are this country is backwards



  7. @speedtraindjspeedtrain6325 on December 6, 2023 at 1:56 am

    Batch ID 1: Total Vaccinated 711, Death Count 152 , big pharma strikes again



  8. @MSMRSCUMPIGFUKR on December 6, 2023 at 1:56 am

    Because big pharma would be out of business



  9. @TheQuietTactician on December 6, 2023 at 1:56 am

    Entire country is fucked from top to bottom if it isn’t legislation it’s letting Islamic terror run riot and dominate our streets. Disgusting state of affairs in the UK atm .



  10. @Rambo857 on December 6, 2023 at 1:57 am

    Because they know that cannabis has many many cures for all types of ailments and is a threat to the pharmaceutical industry



  11. @toddaaron1592 on December 6, 2023 at 1:58 am

    Big pharma doesn’t want any studys on it because it would be found out it cures a hole lot of problems and would get people away from there deadly drugs the push on every one …..100 times more people die from big pharma drugs every year then any illegal drug.



  12. @user-lu4kq7nu4x on December 6, 2023 at 2:02 am

    The Gates, Fauci and the Rockefellers run the medical and pharmaceutical industry on behalf of the ruling elite



  13. @p305-mrworldwide9 on December 6, 2023 at 2:04 am

    I don’t think this should be a thing and people who smoke cannabis should be locked up



  14. @SR-np1od on December 6, 2023 at 2:04 am

    Israel terrorists and America terrorists



  15. @roberttalbot6397 on December 6, 2023 at 2:05 am

    The drs and nurses are too stoned😅



  16. @LemonySnickerz_DM on December 6, 2023 at 2:06 am

    30 dollars an eighth of standard strains, I just paid 35 for gorilla cookies so 200 sounds a bit pricey but yes it should be included on my prescription card



  17. @NoWindNoSunNoPower on December 6, 2023 at 2:07 am

    Medical cannabis.

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣



  18. @pittuk6500 on December 6, 2023 at 2:12 am

    200 for a "month supply" – that’s pretty good! if that’s like 2 bongs per day, it’s a bargain!



  19. @treestump2985 on December 6, 2023 at 2:13 am

    They are only worried about the hit their profits are going to take when people find out about its pain killing qualities.



  20. @punchy1325 on December 6, 2023 at 2:13 am

    200 s month that’s cheap 😂😂😂



  21. @Jeffoneil.BanburyHairSalon. on December 6, 2023 at 2:15 am

    Backward Britain.



  22. @thechosenwon6762 on December 6, 2023 at 2:22 am

    its legalised in thiland its a joke it isnt here



  23. @Esus_Chord on December 6, 2023 at 2:22 am

    Cannabis is not a panacea ,don’t bother.



  24. @ontime58 on December 6, 2023 at 2:22 am

    Be way better legalised



  25. @Spencerlayne on December 6, 2023 at 2:23 am

    Idiots. We cant even deal with the mental health oroblems we have in the uk as it is. Lets give everyone paranoia, canabis psycosis.



  26. @seangallagher8233 on December 6, 2023 at 2:23 am

    Let one of the big pharma companies have the patent on it, and see how quickly that situation would change!



  27. @JasonKing12348 on December 6, 2023 at 2:24 am

    *Report about the Paris terror attack*



  28. @peteram9527 on December 6, 2023 at 2:24 am

    Cheep and effective treatments do not sit well with big pharma, thier interest is money not health. Thats the simple answer.



  29. @cadejust6777 on December 6, 2023 at 2:28 am

    1ST 🥇 2ND 🥈 3RD 🥉 4TH



  30. @James_Doyle83 on December 6, 2023 at 2:28 am

    Should be illegal anyway



  31. @stewartbennett4829 on December 6, 2023 at 2:29 am

    Pot is for meds is bolix, a scam.



  32. @AutodidactEngineer on December 6, 2023 at 2:29 am

    Albanians offer it for way cheaper😂



  33. @allanmccune294 on December 6, 2023 at 2:30 am

    £200 find yourself a decent dealer 😂



  34. @johnw2019 on December 6, 2023 at 2:30 am

    Because although we all know how America is run by Big Pharma, the tory government are just as ruled by the same crooked companies

    Being British though, we just dont talk aboug it



  35. @richardgallagher4880 on December 6, 2023 at 2:31 am

    That needs another 3 weeks the lid!!



  36. @FEWGEE1 on December 6, 2023 at 2:36 am

    The UK is one of the biggest producers of medical cannabis in the world, yet we’re still criminalised for buying it. It’s a disgrace. Cannabis has improved my quality of life no end.



  37. @10ksubsnovideos14 on December 6, 2023 at 2:37 am

    Which trial is this im Manchester and would love to get in on it anyone know?



  38. @bullekie09 on December 6, 2023 at 2:40 am

    What CRAP they vomit, they are trying to keep monopoly in hands of pharmaceutical sciences. Just use this most amazing plant direct instead of recreating it in labs, it won’t cost anything to the patients. Greedy moneymaking scheme



  39. @julianshepherd2038 on December 6, 2023 at 2:41 am

    Scandalous



  40. @Calactic on December 6, 2023 at 2:41 am

    It is embarrassing how far behind the UK is on cannabis and the stigma surrounding it. It’s well past time we stop wasting resources towards something people will find a way to smoke anyway, funding the black market in the process. Legalise and tax it now.



  41. @AdamWoodsUK on December 6, 2023 at 2:42 am

    £200 for a month’s supply? What clinic is doing it for that price? I pay £300 for a month for 60g with my clinic and that’s cheap.



  42. @DjWellDressedMan on December 6, 2023 at 2:45 am

    Dec 2023:
    Legal 1 Gram Joint = $7.33 CDN with tax in CANADA



  43. @AdakStillStands on December 6, 2023 at 2:46 am

    Experimentation and full scale private research ongoing since 1975. Seek & ask veterans!



  44. @CHIEF_420 on December 6, 2023 at 2:46 am

    🌬



  45. @lindarosiewildpoppy259 on December 6, 2023 at 2:48 am

    With out this Plant..my life..would be a miserable full of pain..I Have F M S….I need a prescription..I am 70 and I have to brake the law …