http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/11/british-government-says-cannabis-has-medicinal-effect-in-breakthrough-moment-6186376/
Rob Waugh for Metro.co.ukTuesday 11 Oct 2016
Your time is coming, Herb
A government regulator has said that a cannabis chemical has a ‘restoring’ effect on humans – and is a legitimate medicine.
It could be a breakthrough moment for the movement to legalise Cannabis in the UK, activists have said.
The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulation Agency) says
that cannabidiol has a ‘restoring, correcting or modifying’ effect on
‘physiological functions’.
‘Cannabidiol’ (CBD), is a chemical from Cannabis which campaigners
claim helps with diseases including cancer and Crohn’s disease.
Crucially, CBD products don’t contain any THC, the chemical in Cannabis which causes the high.
Jordan Owen, Managing Director of CBD company MediPen
says, ‘Since our inception we’ve worked hard to obtain our goal of
breaking down the negative connotations surrounding Cannabis to lead to a
reform in the law for medicinal use.
‘This is now finally becoming a reality, which will lead to ground
breaking results and provide those in need with legal access through a
properly regulated UK market.’
‘As the UK’s leading consumer cannabis biotechnology company, we have
been working very closely with MHRA classifiers over the past year and a
half and have been deeply involved with all developments regarding the
medicinal regulatory status of CBD.
It was in fact, our legal team who
initially pointed out that there was originally no regulatory status –
causing the CBD industry in the UK to flourish without any premature
intervention.’
