Simon Burns: Sativex is the only licensed form of Nabiximols in the United Kingdom. It is classified in the British National Formulary section 10.2.2 Skeletal muscle relaxants, under the chemical name cannabis extract. Between April and October 2011, the latest month for which figures are available, 115 out of the 151 primary care trusts (PCTs) in England issued prescriptions for “sativex” or its...
Simon Burns: Data on the numbers of people admitted to hospital with mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of cannabis is available from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). The following tables provide information on the Finished Admission Episodes with a Primary Diagnosis of Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to use of Cannabinoids (ICD10 code F12) in England and the North West by age groups...
Simon Burns: ...and it can only do so in response to the submission of an application to market a product. At this time, no application has been made to the MHRA in relation to ‘naturally-grown formats’ of cannabis. The only cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK is Sativex, a product licensed for use as an add-on treatment for multiple sclerosis-related spasticity when people have shown...
Simon Burns: ...2.4 "Other immunomodulating drugs" and include interferon beta (1a and 1b), glatiramer acetate and natalizumab. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) also licensed a herbal cannabis extract for the treatment of severe spasticity in multiple sclerosis in June 2010. Information on the use of these drugs in the community and in hospitals is in the following tables. ...
Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were arrested and (b) received on-the-spot fines for possession of cannabis in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years.
Simon Burns: Will the Minister confirm that between 2005 and 2007, the number of successful police raids on cannabis factories doubled from 2,500 to 5,000? Does he believe that there is any correlation between the increase in cannabis factories and the reclassification of cannabis as a class C drug?
Simon Burns: ...situation in which children come under the protection of the state but the state cannot deliver on its obligations to them. They should and must be protected. Just one example concerns Vietnamese cannabis factories that are currently being raided, with findings of children being exploited, misused and abused. The question arises of what checks are done on family members. In certain...
Simon Burns: ...individual patient. That message was repeated in our recent White Paper, "The National Health Service—a Service with Ambitions". I shall deal briefly with the point about the therapeutic use of cannabis. I shall write to the hon. Member for Pendle in the next few days about the issues with which I am unable to deal because of the time. My ministerial colleagues and I are aware of, and...