Three treatments using medicinal cannabis were authorised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, a public body that provides guidance on health care practices. The rules do not apply in Scotland, which has its own health care guidance body. “No cannabis-based treatments have been recommended to treat pain, a common symptom” of multiple sclerosis, Edwards said in a statement Monday. The charity said in an email that more than 100,000 people in Britain live with multiple sclerosis. Paul Griffin, 49, who is from Bradford, in northern England, has had multiple sclerosis for 23 years.

Source: bd News24 November 12, 2019 10:48 UTC