From the UK and need medical?

Well, you may be in luck as it's being reported that thanks to the UK Chief Medical Officer declaring that Medical Marijuana CAN bring therapeutic, etc, benefits where other, conventional, drugs fail. That's stage one of the process, only took a month, and now they move to stage 2 which is where they look at which marijuana-based products can be prescribed for which conditions, which they say should take around 3 weeks, and then the final decisions on what "drug" for which conditions will be allowed as Cannabis gets rescheduled from a class 1, no therapeutic value, medicinal drug to a class 2 one which has therapeutic value.

This was triggered by some high-profile cases of kids with epilepsy who had to travel to Holland for treatment. Rightly, there was an outrage over that as most normal people would not want to see anyone, especially a kid, denied the necessary treatment for their condition. The one that REALLY kicked it all off was quietly given a special exemption so he could be treated in the UK, this move should extend the same "right" to ALL with a similar condition, and other conditions, who do not respond well to conventional medications.

There is no question that medical is coming to the UK sooner rather than later, the extent to which it will be available and in which form is an unknown just now, but the rescheduling also means it is much easier for people to do research into the benefits, etc, of cannabis, which can only be a good thing.

This move does NOT change anything regarding recreational, that will remain the same with possession, etc, being illegal. It also isn't going to be a green light to grow your own and claim medical, nor will it allow you to use in public, carry in public, etc, or have in any form which is not on official prescription from a doctor.

But it's a start...

Link to news report

Awful that it took public anger over the way sick kids were treated before the govt did anything, but those kids have started the ball rolling and hopefully their struggles will mean other sick people will be allowed access to a life altering plant without being treated as criminals.
Small steps and all that, but going in the right direction at last.
Edit - fat fingers on a phone means typos!

As I say, the devil will be in the detail.

I expect certain big pharma products, CBD based, and not "weed", as at this time that's the only way they can sell it without admitting that the best part of a century of prohibition was not only a failure but a huge mistake. By making it so only "pharmaceutical" forms are available, they keep the distinction between "medicine" and "cannabis" but can say advances have allowed certain compounds to be extracted which can be of benefit but that, when mixed with the other compounds, lose the benefit.

So don't expect anything like weed, at least at first, as it will be restricted to certain sprays, vape cartridges, pills, and so forth.

But, baby steps and all that. The fact that the CMO has declared, and UKGov have agreed, that cannabis DOES have a recognised and measureable therapeutic effect is already a huge u-turn, it is a start.