In 2016, an independent review on the subject concurred that the drug had legitimate medical uses. Recommending that the government 'moves to introduce a system that allows lawful access to medicinal cannabis', the authors, from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Drug Policy Reform, concluded that the status quo is out of step with the evidence.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/the-health-conditions-cannabis-could-treat