Thankfully, there does appear to be growing interest in using and prescribing cannabis as a medicine among the medical community, with organisations like the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society even offering support and training.
Fortunately, although distressing for a patient to feel unsupported by their GP, their opinion of cannabis doesn’t really matter.
Once you have them, you can make an appointment with your preferred cannabis clinic and provide them with this medical information yourself.
Once you’ve had your appointment and received a cannabis prescription, the specialists at the clinic will contact your GP, but only to tell them about your new treatment plan – not to ask permission.
As a bonus silver lining for taking your health into your own hands, I was recently told by Sapphire Medical Clinics that they have noticed an interesting pattern: as the number of patients requesting a private medical cannabis prescription increases, so too do their GP referrals for other patients.
Hopefully the future will look very different, but for now try to take comfort and power from the fact that by standing strong against misinformation you are a vital player in ending the war on cannabis and changing everything for the better.