In 2018, the UK amended the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001—not the 1971...

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In 2018, the UK amended the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001—not the 1971 Act—to allow certain cannabis-based medicines like Sativex and Epidyolex by prescription. These remain Class B drugs, prescribed only by specialist doctors under strict rules