A spectrum of perspectives
How does the UK feel about cannabis in 2023? There are a few
answers to this question, depending on the perspective of those
questioned. At the positive end of the spectrum, many of the public
will by now have tried CBD products and will have a vague idea that
cannabis was legalised here a few years ago, at least for medicinal
use. Some in the UK may even say they have had success with
investing in the cannabis industry, though for now such success is
more likely to come from businesses overseas than to be home
grown.
At the more negative end are (sadly) us lawyers, who will tend
to shake our heads and say that things are a lot more difficult
than that, perhaps grumbling about the Home Office, novel foods
regulations, or proceeds of crime laws. Unfortunately, some of that
gloom is shared by medical practitioners and patients, who are
finding it hard to get medicinal cannabis products that are
supposedly now available to them. So, what is
