In Quayle and related cases, the Court of Appeal rejected attempts to justify continuing unlicensed cannabis activities through a medical necessity defence. It held that the proposed defence conflicted with the statutory licensing scheme and rejected the claimed grounds involving chronic pain. The judgment concerned England and Wales and did not establish a new cannabis offence or a prescribing route.[1]
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