UK cannabis law changed in 2018 through the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001,...

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UK cannabis law changed in 2018 through the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, not the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Since then, specialist doctors can prescribe cannabis-based medicines like Sativex and Epidyolex under Schedule 2