Awareness of medical cannabis regulations among UK police officers – a cross-sectional study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Awareness of medical cannabis regulations among UK police officers – a cross-sectional study

Published:2024-05-17 Issue:2 Volume:92 Page:99-102
ISSN:0025-8172
Container-title:Medico-Legal Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Leg J

Author:

Erridge Simon¹²^ORCID,Wang Claire¹,Troup Lucy³^ORCID,Sodergren Mikael H¹²

Affiliation:

1. Medical Cannabis Research Group, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK

2. Curaleaf Clinic, London, UK

3. School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, UK

Abstract

Cannabis-based products for medicinal use were rescheduled in the UK in November 2018. The primary outcomes of this cross-sectional survey were to assess awareness of legislation governing these products among UK police officers and whether they had received appropriate training. 200 police officers completed the survey, and 57 (28.5%) respondents did not know these products were legal on prescription in the UK. 177 (88.5%) police officers believed they would benefit from more training on them and how to identify legal medical cannabis patients. Education on the legalities of cannabis-based products for medicinal use and why they are prescribed is necessary to improve knowledge among police officers.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00258172241237650

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