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The legalisation of medical marijuana in the UK has led to increased interest from patients and medical researchers. As more clinical trials are conducted, we are likely to develop a better understanding of the use, effects, and benefits of taking medical cannabis.
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THE USE OF MEDICAL THE USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE UK MARIJUANA IN THE UK Medical Cannabis in the UK — A Timeline Understanding how the United Kingdom has come to this point requires us to travel back some four and a half thousand years to China. 2700 BC 2700 BC sees the first ever recorded use of cannabis for medical purposes. 1839 In Ireland, where physician William O’Shaughnessy popularised medical cannabis to treat rheumatism, epilepsy, and tetanus. The use of medical marijuana in the UK soon became highly politicised, it was prohibited and added to the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1920. 1928 1971 50 years later in 1971, cannabis was listed as a class B substance on the Misuse of Drugs Act. Research regarding both the therapeutic benefits of medical cannabis and the complex social, economic, and political factors that had led to its initial criminalisation. 2018 Extensive consultation, medical cannabis was rescheduled from schedule 1 to schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, thus making medical marijuana in the UK legal. https://myaccessclinics.co.uk/ https://myaccessclinics.co.uk/
