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'Hundreds' going private for medical cannabis
Hundreds of people in the UK are turning to private clinics for medical cannabis, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News has been told.
Since its legalisation in November 2018, there have been very few, if any, prescriptions for medical cannabis containing THC on the NHS.
And this has led some patients, with conditions such as epilepsy and MS, to pay up to £800 a month privately.
The government said it sympathised with families "dealing so courageously with challenging conditions".
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