Hopes more Manx GPs will join specialist medicinal cannabis register

Aims for drug to be prescribed on-Island

​ It's hoped more GPs on the Isle of Man will join a specialist register to allow them to prescribe medicinal cannabis.

Government has granted a licence to a pharmacy to import and dispense the drug for people with a private prescription.

Currently you can't get a prescription from a Manx doctor meaning many people have to travel off-Island.

Dr Alex Allinson is the treasury minister: ​