What I really think about legalising cannabis

The debate on whether or not the UK should legalise cannabis seems to be gathering momentum. On Tuesday, a cross-party group of politicians declared that taking marijuana for medical reasons should be made legal. It may surprise you, that as a GP, I am in favour, albeit in a very controlled way. 

I have no doubt that cannabis has a role to play in clinical practice. Specialists are currently able to prescribe a licensed medicine called sativex for painful spasms in patients with Multiple Sclerosis, which is a mouth spray containing two…