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A Collection of Guidance for
UK Cannabis Prescription Holders

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This section contains a selection of guidance that has been written by various organisations to assist patients, landlords, tenants, employees, employers and the Police.

I hope you find it helpful and informative.


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GENERAL GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT PATIENTS

FOR PUBLIC SPACES and EVENTS (including TENANTS and LANDLORDS)

FOR PATIENTS WHO DRIVE (plus INFORMATION FOR THE POLICE)

FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES


General Guidance to Support Patients

DrugScience, Release, University of York and Mackrell Solicitors (Nov 2023). Know Your Rights: Medical Cannabis Pdf Available at: 
https://www.drugscience.org.uk/know-your-rights-medical-cannabis

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Guidance for Public Buildings
(including Tenants and Landlords)

FOR PATIENTS VISITING PUBLIC SPACES
Guidance in Relation to Medical Cannabis Users as per the Equality Act 2010
By Guy Coxall and Ali Taylor for Seed Our Future (Jul 2022)
Available at: https://www.seedourfuture.co.uk/2022/07/03/guidance-for-medical-cannabis-users/

FOR PATIENTS VISITING PUBLIC SPACES/ FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS
Use of Prescription Cannabis in Buildings, The:
Guidance for Tenants and Landlords (Sept 2024)
Written by Mohammad Wasway, PatientsCann, Formerly Sanskara Platform UK (Sept 2024) for the Cannabis Industry Council
Pdf Available at: https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/landlords-risk-breaching-equality-act-over-prescription-cannabis/

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Guidance for Patients Who Drive (includes information for The Police)

Prescribed Cannabis Medicines and Driving: Guidance for Patients (2023)
By Guy Coxall (Seed Our Future) and FCBD Consulting, for the Cannabis Industry Council.
Also contains Guidance for Police.
Online and downloadable formats available at: https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/resources/cannabis-driving/cannabis-driving-guidance-for-patients/

You can also go to my Driving page for more detailed information about the challenges sometimes faced by patients who drive. of driving by clicking here, or

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Guidance for Employees Prescribed Medicinal Cannabis and their Employers

Use of Prescription Cannabis at Work: Guidance for Employers and Employees (Sept 2023)
Written by Mohammed Wasway, Sanskara Platform (became PatientsCann) and Guy Coxall, Seed Our Future, for the Cannabis Industry Council.
Pdf and web format available at: https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/employers-risk-breaching-equality-act-over-cannabis-patients/

Direct links to individual author and organisation libraries

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Cannabis Industry Council: https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/resources/

DrugScience: https://www.drugscience.org.uk/t21

PatientsCann (formerly Sanskara): https://patientscann.org.uk/resources/

Seed Our Future:


Page update 5 January 2025