Press Releases

Medicinal cannabis crop grows tall

11 November 1998

The first pictures were released today by GW Pharmaceuticals, the company licensed by the Home Office to conduct a unique pharmaceutical research and development programme into the medicinal uses of c... more

Details released of collaboration between GW Pharmaceuticals and Hortapharm medicinal cannabis

23 July 1998

Details have been disclosed of the collaboration between GW Pharmaceuticals - the British Company licensed by the Home Office to conduct research into the medicinal uses of cannabis - and Dutch medici... more

Home Office licenses research into medical uses of cannabis

11 June 1998

The Home Office has issued a licence for a British pharmaceuticals company to investigate the uses of cannabis as a medicine. ... more