Using cannabis to heal
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Using cannabis to heal

Stephanie Jones-Berry Freelance health journalist

How the change in the law will mean a new area of care for nurses

The government is finalising details of its decision to allow medicinal cannabis to be available on prescription for those with ‘exceptional clinical needs’. In May, the college’s congress voted in favour of decriminalising cannabis for medical use in the UK.

Nursing Standard. 33, 6, 51-53. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.6.51.s23

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