Cannabis prescriptions on the NHS are permitted only in very specific circumstances. Here, we speak to people who would like to see the drug made available for medicinal, rather than just medical use.
Police have branded plans which could see a cannabis club open in County Durham unhelpful in the fight against crime.
The decision fuelled demand from parents of children with severe epilepsy, who were having hundreds of seizures a week, as well as patients with muscle stiffness caused by multiple sclerosis.
‘There is an unfair system where the rich will have access and the poor will still have their doors kicked in by police,’ she said.