Cannabis plants were seized from Lesley Gibson’s garden after she was refused the drug on the NHS. She is now paying for a private prescription ALAMYA multiple sclerosis patient who was facing jail for growing cannabis to ease her pain was acquitted yesterday after the case collapsed. Their home was raided last January with police confiscating ten baby cannabis plants and three home-made cannabis chocolate bars. Medical cannabis has been legal in Britain for more than a year but only under strict conditions. The difficulty of obtaining an NHS prescription means tens of thousands of patients are still using the black market to get the drug.

Source: The Times January 06, 2020 17:03 UTC