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Cannabis: it’s medicine if you’re rich enough – a crime if you’re not
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The article examines the contradiction in UK drug policy where cannabis-based medicines can be legally prescribed by specialists for medical conditions, yet the accessibility of this treatment appears limited by cost, creating a two-tiered system where wealth determines access to cannabis as medicine versus its criminalization as a street drug.
Cannabis: it’s medicine if you’re rich enough – a crime if you’re not
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In Britain, whether cannabis is treated as medicine or a crime may depend less on medical need than on the ability to pay. In 2018, the UK government changed drug policy, allowing specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based medicinal products.
The decision was presented as a move towards evidence-based healthcare, recognising cannabis may have therapeutic value for health conditions such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, spasticity in adults with multipl
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