Cannabis ingredient to be classed as medicine in UK

Products that contain a cannabis-based ingredient called cannabidiol, or CBD, are to be classed as medicines by the UK medicines regulator from this year.

The Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it had looked at CBD because a number of manufacturing companies had been making "overt medicinal claims" about products.

Gerald Heddel, director of inspection and enforcement at the agency, told Sky News: "The change really came about with us offering an opinion that CBD is in fact a medicine, and that opinion was based on the fact that we noted that people were making some quite stark claims about serious diseases that could be treated with CBD."

He said that a review of the evidence showed that "it was clear that people are using this product with the understandable belief that it will actually help".



http://news.sky.com/story/cannabis-ingredient-to-be-classed-as-medicine-in-uk-10714967


And about time too

We will get even more nuttuz:lol!: on forums now.

nah...it dont have the stuff that gets you stoned in it (THC).....

just the stuff that does you good....

I remember a good debate on illegal drugs in general a long time ago on the Daily Mirror or Fresh Horizons, not sure.
A regular ill person said he used to take it to ease his pain and it would happen legally sune in some form.

Its quite true though major, it works a treat for many different kinds of stubborn pain....and is much kinder on the body than opiates....

This is great news. I am hearing stories all the time about cannabis oil helping with cancer.