The UK government published emergency legislation which, if activated, would allow patients to continue accessing controlled drugs for the duration of the pandemic, from local pharmacies, without a prescription.
UK patients have begun receiving medical cannabis through the post, as the coronavirus pandemic has left them unable to access the drug any other way.
Many medical cannabis users suffer from chronic pain and some have had other types of care, including non-emergency surgeries, postponed because of the outbreak.
Dr Alan Fayaz, a consultant in chronic pain medicine at University College London Hospital, says his patients had been left "very vulnerable".
"They can't get physical interventions and their access to a support community has been inhibited," as venues have closed and staff been redeployed, he says.
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