In it was announced that doctors would be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients, with the laws coming into effect on 1 November that year. The then Home Secretary Sajid Javid had decided to reschedule the products, relaxing the rules about the circumstances in which they can be given to patients, after considering expert advice from a specially commissioned review.
The regulations apply to England, Wales and Scotland, and followed several high-profile cases , including that of young epilepsy sufferers Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell , whose conditions appeared to be helped by cannabis oil.
Despite this, activists have argued the medicine is not being prescribed as freely as it could be , making it extremely hard to access still. As a result, some have argued that a lack of research into its use in certain illnesses has resulted in doctors not offering it to patients. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. This year will be very different for as many countries around the world remain under lockdown during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
This means that large-scale events that often take place on 20 April, where people meet to smoke, are cancelled. In thousands of cannabis users met in Hyde Park, London, in celebration of and to protest the existing laws prohibiting use and possession of cannabis in the UK. In the US, where originated, organised rallies normally take place in states including Colorado, California, Michigan, and Florida. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies.
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The story that appears to hold the most water is The legend of the Waldos. According to Chris Conrad, curator of the Oaksterdam Cannabis Museum in Oakland, California, started as a secret code among high schoolers in the early s.
For them, it was an ideal time: They were out of school but their parents still weren't home, giving them a window of unsupervised freedom. They met at that time every day near a statue of Louis Pasteur, the scientist who pioneered pasteurization. CNN Money: 10 things to know about legal pot.
The time became a code for them to use in front of their unsuspecting parents, and gradually spread from there -- possibly via Grateful Dead followers -- across California and beyond. It's even the number of a California Senate bill that established the state's medial marijuana program. What was shorthand for a group of friends can now be seen on T-shirts and throughout pop culture.
And of course, on the calendar every April.
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