Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2019
Medical cannabis ruled out for chronic pain by NHS drug watchdog in decision branded 'devastating'
11 November 2019 - Cannabis should not be prescribed for chronic pain, the NHS funding watchdog has ruled, in a decision branded ‘devastating’ by campaigners.
New guidance, released on Monday by NICE, says there is no evidence to show that cannabis is beneficial for people suffering long-term pain.
Charities had hoped that the drug would become widely available after it was decriminalised for medical use by Sajid Javid last November following high-profile campaigns involving children such as Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, who both have hard-to-treat epilepsy.
