For months, the issue of medicinal cannabis has been in the headlines, as the parents of Alfie Dingle and Billy Caldwell successfully challenged the government to allow them to access it for their sick children. But whilst doctors are now allowed to prescribe one type of cannabis, or CBD, oil in certain cases of severe epilepsy, many patients say they are still being refused the treatment they need Click here to subscribe to Channel 5 News www.youtube.com/c/5NewsUK

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For months, the issue of medicinal cannabis has been in the headlines, as the parents of Alfie Dingle and Billy Caldwell successfully challenged the government to allow them to access it for their sick children. But whilst doctors are now allowed to prescribe one type of cannabis, or CBD, oil in certain cases of severe epilepsy, many patients say they are still being refused the treatment they need Click here to subscribe to Channel 5 News www.youtube.com/c/5NewsUK