Scotland is set to get it’s first legal cannabisfarm, it can be revealed today. A large greenhouse will be built where the drug will be grown for use in medicines.
Local agricultural entrepreneurs William and Neil Ewart have been given planning permission for the pioneering facility in Langholm, Scotland.
Medical cannabis products containing THC – the drug’s psychoactive compound – were illegal in the UK until the law was changed in November 2018.The change recognised evidence by scientists that medicinal cannabis benefits some patients.Specialist doctors can now prescribe medications based on cannabis, which are most commonly used to treat epilepsy or chronic pain.However, all the drugs which doctors use are currently imported because
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