UK campaigners have united under the banner Protect Our Patients to call for GPs to have the same rights to prescribe medicinal cannabis as consultants.
While the medicine was legalised in the UK in 2018, it can only be prescribed by a specialist doctor to eligible patients including those suffering from severe epilepsy, muscle stiffness due to multiple sclerosis, or chemotherapy-induced nausea.
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