Patient Protect launches to tackle discrimination against UK medical cannabis patients

WHY IT MATTERS: If you are a UK medical cannabis patient, dedicated legal support services are now available to help you challenge discrimination in employment, housing, and policing situations that may arise from your prescription. CLINICAL OVERVIEW: Medical cannabis patients in the United Kingdom continue to face real-world consequences that extend well beyond their clinical care, including discrimination in housing decisions, workplace policies, law enforcement encounters, and driving eligibility assessments. These challenges arise because legal frameworks and institutional policies have not kept pace with the formal recognition of medical cannabis as a legitimate prescribed treatment.

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