Since 2018, medical cannabis has been a legal option in the UK when prescribed...

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Since 2018, medical cannabis has been a legal option in the UK when prescribed by a specialist consultant. Typically, it is considered only after conventional insomnia treatments have been exhausted or proven ineffective