UK Parents Want National Health Service To Allow Cannabis For Children With Epilepsy
Six years after the United Kingdom legalized medical marijuana, families struggling to obtain life-saving medicine through the National Health Service (NHS) returned to Westminster on Tuesday, demanding change. They displayed photos of their loved ones who experienced significant improvement with medical marijuana, reports the Business of Cannabis.
NHS Is Failing Patients
Parents of children suffering from treatment-resistant epilepsy say their children have achieved seizure freedom with medical marijuana, thanks to cannabis’ effectiveness compared as to conventional treatments.
Those gathered at Westminster criticizes the lack of NHS prescriptions, especially for children with epilepsy. Only about 50 children have access to private prescriptions due to the limited availability of pediatric neurologists willing to prescribe. Campaigners argued that the NHS is failing patients and called for a change.
“When prescription cannabis was legalized six years ago, this was not the situation that patients were promised or expected,” said co-chairs of the Cannabis Industry Council, Dr Callie Seaman and Jamie Bartley. “It’s time for the NHS to take action to expand public funding of cannabis medicines. A clear pathway should be established for …