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“It took about five and a half weeks for us to see an improvement – but once we hit that mark things definitely got better and better to where we are three years later,” Emerson told The Independent.
Additionally, Emerson says that only three patients have received a medical cannabis prescription from the U.K.’s National Health Service, leaving the remaining families to pay up to £2,000 per month for the medicine.
To address the issue, Emerson is calling on Javid, who now serves as the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to change the law and allow general practitioners to also initiate prescriptions for medical cannabis.
During a House of Commons debate in September, Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine called on Javid to “fulfill the promise” he made in 2018.
After another round of debate in the House of Commons last week, Emerson is renewing his call for action from the health secretary.