Thanks to the tireless campaigning of a group of 'epilepsy mothers', lead by Hannah Deacon, the mother of Alfie Dingley, and her consultant, neurologist Professor Mike Barnes, a change in the law in 2018 allowed the prescription of medical cannabis for children with certain rare …
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NICE dashes hopes of pain, MS and epilepsy sufferers yet again
Last week (8th August) NICE published their latest thoughts, based on an NHS England review, on prescribing medical cannabis. And much to the disappointment, anger and frustration of campaigners the only group of sufferers for whom they approved the prescribing of medical …
Prescription chaos over medical cannabis
Most people will remember heart rending stories last summer about Alfie Dingley, the seven-year-old who suffered from a rare form of epilepsy that caused him to have up to 150 seizures month. No conventional epilepsy medication worked for Alfie, but his seizures could be …
In use since 1220, cannabis is not a ‘novel food’….
The imminent publication of the latest volume in our book venture, Professor Mike Barnes' Beginner's Guide to Medical Cannabis, has made us super alert to all of the cannabis 'buzz' that occasionally still manages to push Brexit off the front pages. So we were very happy to see a …