EXCLUSIVE: Data from the Cannabis Trades Association UK shows there are now 250,000 users across the UK – up from the 125,000 recorded this time last year.
Cannabis oil use in the UK doubles in a YEAR: Figures reveal 250,000 people now rely on the controversial potion to cure them of back pain, anxiety and epilepsy
- Trade body figures show there are now 250,000 users across the home nations
- Cannabis Trades Association UK claims that this is up from the 125,000 last year
- The body also states that there are now around 1,000 new users each month
The number of cannabis oil users across the UK has doubled in the space of one year, startling new figures reveal.
Regulatory body data shows there are now 250,000 users across the home nations – up from the 125,000 recorded this time last year.
Cannabis Trades Association UK also states there are now around 1,000 new users each month, despite the oil being shrouded in controversy.
Mike Harlington, chairman of the CTA UK, revealed around 65 per cent of these are women seeking relief for their back pain, anxiety and epilepsy.
The figures come after two middle-aged women recently revealed how cannabis oil helped to eradicate one of her crippling back pain, and the other her cancer.
In September, a 48-year-old cancer patient who credited CBD oil for saving her life after chemotherapy failed and she was given six months to live.
Lynn Cameron, from South Lanarkshire, Scotland, turned to alternative medicines and diets in an attempt to stay alive – before coming across the oil.
And a 55-year-old sciatica suffer desperate for relief claimed drops of CBD oil ended her 13 years of crippling back pain just last month.
Brenda Davidson, from Kirkwall, Orkney, was frequently reduced to tears by her condition, as strong painkillers proved ineffective.
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