Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber

Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber

Guernsey issues 12,000 prescriptions for medicinal cannabis in less than a year

Guernsey doctors have given out more than 12,000 prescriptions for medicinal cannabis in 10 months.

The drug was legalized for medicinal use back in 2019, with the States at the time saying it will likely only be offered in a "very small number of cases."

A total of 12,050 prescriptions were issued for the drug by on-island clinics between July 2022 and April 2023, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

March 2023 saw the highest monthly figure since records began last year, with 1,449 on-island prescriptions.

Read more at itv.com

Publication date: