Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has announced that doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis products to patients from next month.
In a statement from the Department they say they will be taking measures to enable patients for the first time in Northern Ireland to be prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products without a licence.
West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan has credited the Caldwell family from Castlederg for the breakthrough:
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