UK police ‘inadequately trained’ on medical cannabis law, research shows

By |2025-12-05T03:44:19+00:005 December 2025|

A pilot training project has exposed alarming deficiencies in police understanding of medical cannabis regulations, with 88 per cent of officers knowing little or nothing about the 2018 law change that legalised cannabis prescribing – leading to wrongful arrests and medication confiscation from legally prescribed patients. [...]

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Police Officers Call for ‘Clarity’ as New Research Highlights Need for ‘Crucial’ Medical Cannabis Training

By |2025-12-05T03:44:02+00:005 December 2025|

A new paper adds to growing calls for urgent improvements in police training on how to respond to patients prescribed cannabis-based medicines.  The research explores how regulations introduced in 2018, making it legal for specialists to prescribe medical cannabis, have not been ‘consistently implemented’, or ‘adequately [...]

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