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Local regulatory systems hinder prescription of medical cannabis

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Letters Doctors’ moral imperative to support medical cannabis
BMJ 2022376 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o440 (Published 28 February 2022)Cite this as: BMJ 2022;376:o440
  1. Lloyd Bradley, consultant rehabilitation medicine

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  1. lloyd.bradley@nhs.net

In his article on prescribing medical cannabis, Nutt opines that prejudice and fear on the part of the medical profession are limiting factors to the prescription of these medications in the United Kingdom.1 In the real world, the issues are more about local medicines regulatory mechanisms and the multilayered interface between national and local policies in prescribing.

As a doctor in rehabilitation medicine, …


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