Since 1st November 2018 cannabis based products for medicinal use can be legally prescribed in the UK, but only by doctors on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register. This is a huge progressive step forward in medicine. However, it will not be readily available to everyone on the NHS that needs it just yet. Medical cannabis has higher concentrations of the therapeutic Cannabidiol (CBD) and much lower concentrations of the psychoactive Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)