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Developing a real-world evidence base for prescribed cannabis in the United Kingdom: preliminary findings from Project Twenty21

Chloe Sakal, Michael T. Lynskey, Anne Katrin Schlag, David Nutt
Psychopharmacology Summary & key facts 2021 44 citations

Project Twenty21 is the UK’s first medical cannabis registry. It began in August 2020 to collect real-world data because randomized trials are hard and NHS prescribing remained rare after medical cannabis was legalised in November 2018. By 12 March 2021, 678 people had joined; most were men and the most…

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