In 2018, UK cannabis law changed through the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001,...

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In 2018, UK cannabis law changed through the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, not the 1971 Act, allowing specialist doctors to prescribe cannabis-based medicines like Sativex and Epidyolex