Scotland’s drugs watchdog, which advises Scotland’s health boards on whether to prescribe the latest medicines, was due to consider Sativex – a mouth spray that contains cannabis extracts – when it meets next month.
A RADICAL decision on giving Scottish patients the first licensed cannabis-based treatment on the NHS has been delayed, to the disappointment of clinicians and patients.
Scotland’s drugs watchdog, which advises Scotland’s health boards on whether to prescribe the latest medicines, was due to consider Sativex – a mouth spray that contains cannabis extracts – when it meets next month.