Medical cannabis with Mike Barnes, Hannah Deacon, Peter Carroll and Susie Mesure
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What makes up a cannabis medicinal product? How do the active ingredients work in our bodies? What conditions can it treat, and how can doctors prescribe it? We\\u2019re joined by neurologist and medical cannabis expert Mike Barnes, and \\u2018End our Pain\\u2019 campaigners, Peter Carroll and Hannah Deacon. Hannah fought to obtain cannabis oil to treat her son Alfie\\u2019s epileptic seizures, and the campaign succeeded in changing UK law \\u2013 as of November 2018, NHS doctors can legally prescribe cannabis. So why is it still hard for doctors to do so? Mike, Peter and Hannah discuss these issues with journalist, Susie Mesure.
\\nThis talk was recorded from our theatre at the Royal Institution on 21 January 2019
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