Does the UK Really Have Medical Marijuana? - Bristol budHas the UK really legalised medical cannabis? That was certainly how it was reported last winter when Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, overhauled government policy to give more UK patients access to cannabis-based medicines.But now the groups that lobbied for those changes – and the parliamentarians that support them – say the new scheme is a disappointment, benefiting only a tiny number of patients.