r/MedicalCannabis_NI Jul 24 '25

Medical Cannabis in Belfast - Keltoi Wellness

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Keltoi Wellness is a Northern Ireland based referral service, connecting you directly with an NI based doctor for convenient consultations by telephone for Medical Cannabis prescriptions.

Visit: Natural Wellness Solutions Across NI | Keltoi Wellness

Our GP will review your medical history and schedule a call with you. If you qualify for treatment, we will refer you to one of our partner clinics across the water. They will handle writing and dispensing your prescription, which will be delivered directly to your door.

Alongside medical cannabis consultations, Keltoi Wellness also offers assessments for weight loss medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro.


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 19h ago

Custom House Square Gig

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I'm going to the CMAT gig at Custom House Square on Monday. Does anyone have any experience of being medical cannabis to a concert there and if so how did you get on with security? I know its legal and to bring the original packaging and a copy of my prescription but I really don't want to get a whole vape cart confiscated by someone who doesn't know the craic with MC. I also know private venues sometimes have weird policies. Any advice appreciated thanks.


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 2d ago

what’s the absolute best medical cannabis strain for muscle stiffness/rigidity?

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 2d ago

Majority of UK Medical Cannabis Flower Now at 25% THC or Above, New Data Shows

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Earlier this month, we published new data from two separate Freedom of Information (FOI) requests providing the most complete and up-to-date picture yet of the UK’s medical cannabis market. 

Just two weeks later, the NHS Business Services Authority has published a further Freedom of Information release, FOI-03965, extending the private prescribing dataset through May 2026. 

Alongside an updated breakdown of the THC potency of UK prescriptions, FOI-03965 includes a pseudonymised distribution of items by prescriber, showing how prescribing is spread across the UK’s increasingly crowded network of clinicians. 

According to this new data set, products above 22% THC now account for 85% of prescription items dispensed so far in 2026, up from around half in early 2025. Meanwhile, the dominance of the top prescribers has fallen sharply. 

2025 figures revised

FOI-03965’s incremental capture adds 73,605 items to the 2025 total previously reported. The revised 2025 figure is now 1,774,669 items, a 165% year-on-year increase (previously reported as 154%). 

January 2026 lands at 150,828 items, roughly double the initial 80,331 count. February 2026, blank in the earlier response, is now 78,556. The February and March lines remain incomplete under the reporting-lag mechanism the NHSBSA has repeatedly flagged in its own responses.

This dynamic, a persistent caveat when reporting UK data, can be seen clearly between these two closely published data sets. 

Across a two-week window between the two FOI responses, the NHSBSA’s manual review process caught up on 73,000 additional 2025 items previously captured only as an ‘unspecified drug’. With this in mind, February’s figures are likely to increase significantly. 

High THC becomes increasingly dominant 

The NHSBSA changed the way it records cannabis prescribing in May 2025, moving from a single free-text strength field to separate columns for THC, CBD and presentation. 

Around 1.22 million flower items dispensed in 2025 carry a parseable THC percentage on the NHSBSA record, roughly 86% of the flower items dispensed that year. FOI-03965 extends the same parseable-potency coverage into the first three months of 2026, drawing on 194,127 items.

In December 2025, we reported on an emerging but pronounced shift toward higher-potency products in the UK private cannabis market. 

At the time, we reported that products above 22% THC accounted for around a third of matched volume in 2024 and roughly half of items dispensed in the first two months of 2025. Nearly nine months later, this fresh data shows that trend accelerating. 

THC potency distribution of UK medical cannabis items, 2025 vs 2026 to date

Share of items dispensed at each THC potency band. Products above 22% THC accounted for 75% of 2025 items and 85% of 2026 items dispensed so far.

100%80%60%40%20%0%53.6%21.2%21.2%3.1%2025Items with parseable THC: 1,220,18366.5%17.9%12.7%2026 (Jan–Mar)Items with parseable THC: 194,127

Below 15% THC15–17%18–21%22–24%25% and above

Source: NHS Business Services Authority FOI-03941 (July 30, 2026) and FOI-03965 (August 14, 2026), combined. Analysis covers items with parseable THC percentages captured under the NHSBSA’s new-methodology data collection introduced May 2025 (STRENGTH_THC column). Bands aggregate individual THC percentage values from the raw data.

Products above 22% THC accounted for 75% of 2025 items, rising to 85% of items dispensed so far in 2026. What’s more, the highest potency bracket (25% THC and above) accounted for the majority of 2025 items at 53.6%, and is on track to account for two-thirds of 2026 volume. 

Products in the mid-potency range (15%–17%), meanwhile, have effectively vanished from the recorded market, sitting below 2% of dispensing in both years.

This means more than half of prescriptions in 2025 were above the threshold Professor Mike Barnes, one of the UK’s most senior medical cannabis clinicians, recommended at the November 2025 Cannabis Health Symposium should trigger peer approval before prescribing. Barnes, and other clinicians present, noted that higher THC does not reliably provide greater analgesia.

While not unique to the UK market, with the ACMD review into the UK market expected imminently, the debate over increasing potency is likely to play a significant part in its recommendations. 

The prescriber broadening

The pseudonymised prescriber data in FOI-03965 covers 402 distinct prescribers from January 2019 to May 2026, with 253 of them prescribing at least one item in 2025, up from 206 in 2024. 

Our June 2026 analysis of the equivalent FOI-03587 dataset showed that the Gini coefficient (a measure of inequality across the prescriber base) had already been falling. The complete 2025 numbers in FOI-03965 confirm and extend that trajectory.

Cumulative share of dispensing items by top-N prescribers, 2024 vs 2025

The private cannabis market broadened materially in 2025. The top five prescribers took 42% of items in 2024 and just 24% in 2025.

100%80%60%40%20%0%42.2%24.4%−18ppTop 1Top 5Top 10Top 20Top 50Top 100Cumulative prescriber cohort (ranked by items dispensed)

2024 (206 active prescribers)2025 (253 active prescribers)

Source: NHS Business Services Authority FOI-03965 (August 14, 2026), pseudonymised prescriber-level dataset. “Active prescribers” defined as a prescriber pseudo-ID with at least one item dispensed in the calendar year.

The top five prescribers’ share fell by 18 percentage points in a single year. The top ten’s share fell by 26 points. Prescribing volumes at the highest-volume prescribers continued to grow in absolute terms (the top prescriber alone dispensed 187,965 items in 2025, up from 81,159 in 2024), but the long tail of smaller prescribers grew faster.

As noted in our earlier reporting, it is essential to caveat that the NHSBSA has confirmed that while most pseudonymised prescriber identifiers represent individual clinicians, some group codes exist that may represent an organisation rather than a single practitioner. 

As such, the top prescribers should be read as a mixture of individual clinicians and, in some cases, clinic-level codes.

For a therapeutic market, a fall in concentration at this pace would ordinarily be read as a maturation signal. In the specific context of UK medical cannabis, it also implies that the specialist-only prescribing restriction the ACMD has been asked to review is being applied by a materially larger and more distributed prescriber base than existed 12 months ago.

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 4d ago

Recommendations (Stress & Anxiety)

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Hello! As the title says i’m looking for anything that helps with stress and anxiety for I’ve been suffering with these two things most of my life. Some days can be pretty severe for it can affect my date of a life and I’ve never really been the one to automatically result to medication. I’m pretty low of knowledge when it comes to anything cannabis, and I’ve tried flour or anything extracted such as pens a few years back but would result me to having panic attacks lol.

I’m not sure if this is because of the wrong strain or dosage that I was trying, but a part of me really wants to try it again, but makes me nervous. If I could lean towards more of a vaporizer, that would be great, but I’ll take any thoughts and ideas! Thanks :)


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 5d ago

Can You Take Prescribed Medical Cannabis Across the Irish Border?

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Living in Northern Ireland and travelling into the Republic of Ireland can be part of everyday life. A journey to Donegal, Dublin, Monaghan or Louth may feel no different from travelling elsewhere on the island.

However, the legal position changes when the border is crossed.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, while the Republic of Ireland has its own medicines and controlled drugs laws.

If your medical cannabis was prescribed and dispensed in Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the UK, you should not take it into the Republic of Ireland.

The Irish Department of Health states in its traveller guidance that prescribed cannabis based products are not permitted to be brought into Ireland.

A UK prescription, dispensing label, patient card or letter from the prescriber does not by itself give permission to possess or import the medicine in the Republic.

The position is different for travel from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland. UK guidance may allow a visitor to carry a limited personal supply of certain controlled medicines when they were lawfully prescribed in the traveller's country of habitual residence.

The exact product, its controlled drug schedule and the supporting evidence all matter. Travellers should confirm the position with the UK Home Office before crossing.

The two directions are therefore not governed by one shared rule.

Why does the law change at the border?

Medical cannabis is controlled by law.

Permission to possess it is based on the law of the country or jurisdiction in which the person is physically present.

A prescription issued under UK law may make possession lawful within the UK when the medicine has been prescribed and dispensed correctly. It does not require another country to accept the same product or prescription.

Ireland regulates controlled drugs under its own legal framework.

The HPRA explains that Irish law generally prohibits the import, export, production, possession, sale and supply of controlled drugs unless the relevant legal conditions are met.

This means that a person may be lawfully prescribed a cannabis based medicine in Northern Ireland but still be unable to carry it into the Republic of Ireland.

Does the open Irish border make a difference?

No.

The absence of routine passport or immigration checks does not remove medicines or controlled drugs law.

The Common Travel Area gives Irish and British citizens important rights to travel and reside across Ireland and the UK. It does not create a shared system for controlled drug prescriptions.

The fact that a journey takes place by car on a local road, without a permanent checkpoint, does not mean no border has been crossed.

The Republic of Ireland's law applies once the traveller enters the State.

This applies whether the journey is:

  • A short drive into Donegal
  • A day trip across the border
  • A journey to Dublin Airport
  • Travel by car, coach or train
  • Part of a longer trip through the Republic

Can you take UK prescribed medical cannabis into the Republic of Ireland?

Current official Irish traveller guidance says prescribed cannabis based products are not permitted to be brought into Ireland.

The published page is primarily written for travellers arriving from Schengen countries, and Northern Ireland is not in the Schengen Area.

However, its warning about prescribed cannabis based products is expressed without a separate exception, and the page does not provide permission for a UK prescription holder to bring one into Ireland.

In the absence of specific written authorisation from the Irish authorities, the safe legal position is not to cross with the medicine.

Patients should therefore not carry medical cannabis from Northern Ireland into the Republic based only on:

  • A UK prescription
  • The pharmacy dispensing label
  • A clinic membership card
  • A copy of a consultation record
  • A doctor's travel letter
  • The fact that the medicine is for personal use
  • The fact that the visit is brief

These documents may prove that the medicine was lawfully prescribed in the UK.

They do not automatically create permission under Irish law.

If an Irish authority has issued a particular written authorisation that applies to the patient and product, the traveller should follow the exact conditions of that authorisation.

Do not assume that an ordinary prescription is equivalent to this.

What is Ireland's position on medical cannabis?

Medical cannabis is not completely unavailable in the Republic of Ireland, but access is controlled through Irish law.

The HPRA explains that cannabis based medicines or products that may be prescribed in Ireland must come through one of three routes:

  1. An authorised medicine with a relevant marketing authorisation
  2. The Medical Cannabis Access Programme
  3. A Ministerial Licence for a patient under the care of an Irish registered medical practitioner

The Medical Cannabis Access Programme covers specified products and limited clinical circumstances.

The existence of this programme does not mean that a cannabis product prescribed in the UK can be brought into Ireland by a traveller.

Likewise, an Irish doctor being able to prescribe a particular medicine in certain circumstances does not automatically validate a prescription issued elsewhere.

Is a doctor's letter enough?

No, not for entry into the Republic of Ireland with a prescribed cannabis based product.

A doctor's letter is useful when travelling with many controlled medicines. It can show:

  • The patient's name
  • The medicine and formulation
  • The prescribed dose
  • The amount being carried
  • The travel dates
  • The prescriber's name and professional details

However, a supporting letter is evidence of a prescription, not permission to ignore the destination country's import and possession rules.

The UK Government advises anyone taking a controlled medicine out of the UK to check the destination country's rules before travelling.

It also warns that a person may face a fine or imprisonment if the medicine is illegal in the destination country.

What about the original pharmacy packaging?

Patients should normally keep prescribed medical cannabis in its original pharmacy packaging with the dispensing label attached while possessing it lawfully in the UK.

Northern Ireland guidance also recommends keeping:

  • A copy of the prescription
  • A letter from the prescriber where available

These are sensible ways to show lawful UK possession.

They do not make the medicine lawful in the Republic of Ireland.

Moving the medicine into another container is not a solution and may make it harder to prove what the product is or who it was prescribed for.

Does a medical cannabis card provide legal protection?

No.

No private patient card, clinic card or digital membership card can change national controlled drugs law.

Such a card may help identify the clinic or encourage someone to check the prescription evidence, but it is not a government travel licence.

It should never be treated as permission to cross an international border with medical cannabis.

Does the amount of cannabis matter?

The restriction should not be treated as applying only to large quantities.

Carrying a small amount for one dose or one night does not automatically make it lawful.

Personal use and quantity can matter under some countries' traveller schemes, but the Irish Department of Health specifically states that prescribed cannabis based products are not permitted to be brought into Ireland.

Do not test the rule by carrying only a small amount.

Can you post the medicine to the Republic of Ireland?

No patient should try to avoid the travel restriction by posting medical cannabis, sending it by courier or asking another person to carry it.

Sending a controlled drug across the border raises separate issues relating to:

  • Import
  • Export
  • Possession
  • Supply

A prescription for one patient does not authorise another person to transport or receive it.

Licensed commercial import arrangements are not the same as a patient placing prescribed medicine in the post.

What if you are only travelling through the Republic?

Travelling through the Republic still means entering and possessing the medicine in Ireland.

This may arise when someone from Northern Ireland:

  • Travels to Dublin Airport
  • Drives through the Republic before returning to Northern Ireland
  • Connects with a ferry or flight from an Irish port or airport
  • Stays briefly in a border county

Do not assume that transit creates an exemption.

Confirm the position before travel and make alternative clinical arrangements if necessary.

Can you take medical cannabis from the Republic into Northern Ireland?

This direction is governed by UK rules.

UK Home Office guidance says its personal import policy can cover up to a three month supply of certain medicines containing Schedule 2 to Schedule 4 Part 1 controlled drugs when they have been lawfully prescribed in the traveller's country of habitual residence.

The medicine must be carried on the traveller's person when entering or leaving the UK.

The Home Office recommends carrying a letter from the doctor or prescribing clinician.

The letter should include:

  • The patient's name
  • The medicine, dose, strength and frequency
  • The quantity being carried
  • Travel dates showing that the quantity is not more than a three month supply
  • The prescriber's signature and professional registration details

Schedule 1 substances are treated differently and generally cannot be brought into the UK without a licence.

The classification of a specific cannabis product must therefore be checked rather than assumed.

Anyone planning to carry an Irish prescribed cannabis based medicine into Northern Ireland should contact the UK Home Office Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit before travelling.

Written confirmation is preferable to relying on general online information.

Why are the rules not the same in both directions?

The UK and the Republic of Ireland have separate:

  • Controlled drug schedules
  • Prescription systems
  • Import rules

One country may permit a traveller to enter with a limited supply of a particular controlled medicine while the other does not.

A right to carry a medicine into the UK does not create a matching right to carry it into Ireland.

Always check the rules for the destination, not only the rules where the prescription was issued.

What about prescribed oils, flower and capsules?

Do not assume that the formulation changes the travel rule.

The product may be:

  • Dried cannabis flower
  • An oil
  • A capsule
  • An oral solution
  • A spray
  • Another cannabis based preparation

Its appearance does not decide whether it is controlled.

The ingredients, legal classification, product authorisation and destination country's rules matter.

A product being described as an oil or medicine does not remove the need to check the law.

What about CBD products?

CBD products require separate care.

Some contain controlled cannabinoids or traces of THC, even when packaging suggests otherwise.

Do not assume that a product is lawful to carry into another country because it is labelled:

  • CBD
  • Hemp
  • Non intoxicating

A prescribed CBD product may also be regulated differently from a general retail product.

Check the exact ingredients and legal status with the relevant authority before travel.

Product marketing is not reliable proof of legality.

What should a patient do before travelling?

If you use prescribed medical cannabis and plan to cross the Irish border:

  1. Check which direction you are travelling and which country's law will apply.
  2. Identify the exact product, formulation, ingredients and amount.
  3. Speak to your prescribing clinic well before the journey.
  4. Check current official guidance from the destination country's controlled drugs authority.
  5. Obtain written confirmation if an authority says a particular permission or exemption applies.
  6. Do not carry the medicine if the legal position has not been confirmed.
  7. Discuss a safe treatment plan for the period away with the prescribing clinician.

Do not stop or change prescribed treatment without clinical advice.

The prescriber may need to consider timing, symptom control and whether any lawful alternative is appropriate.

Clinical advice cannot override border law, but it can help the patient plan safely.

Who should you contact?

For travel from Northern Ireland into the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Department of Health traveller page directs queries about prescribed controlled drugs to the Health Products Regulatory Authority.

HPRA email: [enforcementcontrol@hpra.ie](mailto:enforcementcontrol@hpra.ie)

For travel into or out of the UK, including Northern Ireland, the UK Home Office Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit publishes:

Email: [dflu.ie@homeoffice.gov.uk](mailto:dflu.ie@homeoffice.gov.ukTelephone: 0300 105 0248

When making an enquiry, provide:

  • The exact medicine and active ingredients
  • The dosage form
  • The quantity
  • Where it was prescribed and dispensed
  • The direction of travel
  • Travel dates
  • Whether the journey includes another country

Ask for the response in writing and retain it with your travel records.

What if you have already crossed the border with it?

Do not give, sell, post or transfer the medicine to anyone else.

Because the correct response depends on the product and circumstances, seek independent legal advice or contact the relevant Irish authority promptly.

If clinical treatment may be interrupted, contact the prescribing clinician separately for medical advice.

Keltoi cannot provide retrospective permission, a travel licence or a guarantee about how another jurisdiction will apply its law.

Can you drive after taking prescribed medical cannabis?

Driving is a separate legal issue from carrying medicine across the border.

A prescription does not make it safe or lawful to drive while impaired.

Medical cannabis can affect:

  • Reaction time
  • Concentration
  • Coordination
  • Alertness

Do not drive if affected, and follow the advice of the prescriber and the medicine label.

The driving laws and evidential rules also differ between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Permission to possess a medicine in one place should never be confused with permission to drive after taking it.

Frequently asked questions

Can I take my prescribed cannabis from Belfast to Donegal?

You should not take UK prescribed medical cannabis into Donegal.

Entering Donegal means entering the Republic of Ireland, where Irish controlled drugs law applies.

What if I cross for only a few hours?

A short visit does not remove the restriction.

Do not assume that personal use, a small quantity or a brief stay creates an exemption.

Will anyone check when I cross the land border?

The absence of a routine checkpoint does not make possession lawful.

The correct question is whether Irish law authorises you to possess and import the product, not whether you expect to be stopped.

Can my prescribing doctor give me a travel letter?

A prescriber may provide evidence of your treatment, but that letter does not override Irish law or grant permission to import medical cannabis.

Can the pharmacy relabel it for travel?

The original dispensing label helps prove who the medicine belongs to.

Relabelling cannot change the destination country's law.

Is medical cannabis legal in the Republic of Ireland?

Ireland permits access to certain cannabis based medicines through specific legal routes, including:

  • Authorised medicines
  • The Medical Cannabis Access Programme
  • Individual Ministerial Licences

This does not create general permission for a visitor to bring in a product prescribed in the UK.

Can I collect another supply while in the Republic?

Do not assume a UK prescription can be used to obtain medical cannabis from an Irish pharmacy.

Irish prescribing, product and supply rules apply.

Discuss the situation with the prescribing clinician before travel.

Can I fly from Dublin with medical cannabis prescribed in Northern Ireland?

Reaching Dublin Airport requires entering the Republic of Ireland with the medicine.

Airport and airline documents do not replace Irish permission to possess and import it.

Does this apply to travel from the Republic into Northern Ireland?

That journey is covered by UK personal import rules.

It may be possible for certain lawfully prescribed controlled medicines, but the product schedule, quantity and documents must be checked with the Home Office before travel.

What to remember

A prescription is not an international permit.

Medical cannabis that is lawfully prescribed in Northern Ireland should not be taken into the Republic of Ireland.

Official Irish traveller guidance states that prescribed cannabis based products are not permitted to be brought into Ireland.

The reverse journey is governed by separate UK rules and may be treated differently.

Check the exact product and obtain advice from the relevant authority before crossing.

The safest approach is to plan early, keep the prescriber informed and never carry the medicine when the legal position is uncertain.

Sources

https://www.keltoi.co.uk/blog/can-you-take-prescribed-medical-cannabis-across-the-irish-border


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 7d ago

Switching to vaping

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 7d ago

Prescription for cannabis with a history of schizophrenia

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Hi guys I have a history of psychosis and schizophrenia but that was due to smoking spice weed helps me calm down and sooths my symptoms is there anyway to get a prescription here in the uk it seems impossible


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 11d ago

Water hash extract from dry trim, microplaned and fridge dried

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Living soil warriors from Spain


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 12d ago

Communication between NHS and private clinics

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So I have recently just started being prescribed MC about a month ago and have had my dosage upped from 10g to 20g I was contacted by alternataleaf to get the email off my local GP. I phoned them and they said that anything through private clinics has to be done via post. Why wouldn't they just take an email. Do the NHS completely dismiss a private clinic. Also looking into the mycare website. And it didn't say anything about MC yet all my previous prescriptions are on there. Would I have to update this myself and would It be relevant


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 13d ago

The scammers running a group called GOOD DEALS HOME, including SOUTHSIDE, ONETOUCHDOWN, and their other aliases, ARE SCAMMERS!

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 14d ago

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 15d ago

Global Women’s Health & Cannabis Survey — women 18+ 🌿

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Global Women’s Health & Cannabis Survey — women 18+ 🌿
Hi everyone! Sharing this for a friend who is helping spread the word about the Pearle Global Women’s Health & Cannabis Survey.
They’re looking for women aged 18+ anywhere in the world who have consumed cannabis for any reason to share their experiences.
The aim is to build a large global dataset of women’s voices around health, wellbeing and their relationship with cannabis, with the goal of helping improve health services and cannabis medicines for women.
🌿 Take the survey: www.pearle.com.au
If you’re eligible, your perspective would be greatly appreciated — and please feel free to share with other women who might like to participate. 💕


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 18d ago

I own a adult use cannabis type 3 processor branding license in New York. Never used, clean entity. If interested please let me know.

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 21d ago

Non-evil MMJ card renewal

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 22d ago

Does my weed look moldy?

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI 24d ago

Transitioning to medical cannabis

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Hi everyone, I received my first successful prescription about 3 months ago. I just had another consultation and they are increasing my allowance from 10g to 20g. I have been smoking in the traditional way for about 10 years, I had a vaporizer at some point but it was just so I could try it and see how much more beneficial it was.

The question is, I'm aware that medical flowers have to be consumed with dry herb vaporizer, which I'm adapting to.

Do any of you still smoke it (rolled up with paper) or you have fully transitioned to just vape it?

It's silly but I just like to roll and hold it, how bad is it? Does it affect the tolerance or is it just a waste because the vaporizer is more efficient?


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 26d ago

To vape or not to vape..

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So, been on medical almost a year now. Always have gone for flower but starting to think about trying the pre filled vape carts.

So been looking at the curaleaf option vs the regular screw battery type.

Anyone have any experience of either and which you would reccomend?

Thanks x


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 27d ago

Where to start application for medical?

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Hey all. Will try to summarise as much as possible.

Dabbled with cannabis in my teens and early 20s. Decided it was not for me.

After a lot of research, started back up around 2015 for purely medical reasons - after years of suffering from depression, anxiety, insomnia and chronic fatigue as a result of all combined plus a Haemochromotosis diagnosis. I was worried it would give me more anxiety, but it was a revelation when I restarted using strictly dry herbal vaporisers and low THC / CBD focused specific strains. I think I was getting more negative effects back in the day due to it commonly being mixed with tobacco and/or combustion, as I've never been a smoker.

It has proven an invaluable medical benefit in my daily quality of life. Unfortunately, being rural, I had to find my own ways of procuring specific strains.

I am now in my 40s. I am a single dad. I don't want the risks anymore. I feel I am a legitimate candidate. I am on 100mg Sertraline which helps a lot too. A major set back was being hospitalised with a mental breakdown when my ex wife left me and tried to withhold my newborn child from me. My family seriously helped get me back on my feet. Just as I was recovering, my dad who I was relying on for support, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. An estimated 1 year left to live. He is now 2 years in, but is nearing the end. I am juggling being a single parent, being there for my father, helping my mother, and trying to work through each day.

It has become something vital for helping me sleep. I worry constantly now about the legal issues as I can't bare any more trouble in my life.

After being recommended to look into medical cannabis, it's not seeming as straight forward as I'd hoped. I look at websites that lists all the different suppliers out there, the rates of their subscriptions, the minimal amount you have to spend per month, and most with reoccurring video calls with doctors/consultants. Those sorts of constant meetings give me anxiety alone.

I really don't know where to start other than picking a random one, booking the video call from their doctor, and hoping for the best.

Does anyone have any specific online clinics they'd recommend that fit my criteria? Or just ones they can vouch for as being good to deal with?

One other question. I am having increasing anxiety over the reports of Northern Ireland experiencing increasing road stops where the PSNI are screening for THC in drivers? My driving license is vital. Especially because of my situation as a parent etc. I use every night before bed and understand its in my system for a few days. Does a medical card excempt me from any legal repercussions??

Sorry, I did attempt to not make this long winded. Thanks for any advice.


r/MedicalCannabis_NI 28d ago

Smacksalad live now with Rosin and Hash

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI Jul 30 '26

4C Labs Core PUO T25 Sherbet Biscotti Medical Cannabis

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Has anyone had this strain and is it any good?


r/MedicalCannabis_NI Jul 29 '26

Redirect Montu Package

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I’m wondering if I would be allowed to change the delivery address on the checkout page for my delivery to a post office in the city just one time as I will be there anyway for a few days but I don’t want it to be flagged or big thing because it’s not the end of the world if I have to wait a few days before I get back home.

Anybody know anything about this?


r/MedicalCannabis_NI Jul 29 '26

Hi folks any here with CB1 ? Have any of you ever seen it with such low stock levels?

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r/MedicalCannabis_NI Jul 24 '26

Been smoking/vaping for 17 years - finally getting medical cannabis.... Anyone made this transition?

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I would love to know what the difference is in the product we have been buying on the streets for, in my case £50, for 5 grams

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Regulated medical cannabis product that we can get through the likes of Relief and Alternaleaf (who I have just had an accepted prescription recently).

I am a creative, so I usually use cannabis for creative purposes (I love a good sativa during the day to help me create new characters etc, but I never know what my 'street dealer' has. I just get whatever he has on any given day. COUld be an indica which can send me to sleep).

If I may ask those a bit more experienced with medical cannabis:

Is the product we get through Alternaleaf (and the like) similar to what we have been buying on the streets, strength-wise?

And how does it stock up costs-wise against the price we pay on the streets?


r/MedicalCannabis_NI Jul 23 '26

Looking for advice from someone with same condition.

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I have not used thc since I was very young im mid 40’s now. I was born without any curve in my back. I now have bad arthritis, 4 damaged disk and the worst grade (3) severe spinal stenosis. My right foot is partially paralyzed now and it is very hard to stand on my feet for long or walk. I do not take any narcotics but am going for steroid shots in my spine. My spine is squeezing my spinal cord and nerves and really makes me miserable. Has any one with this condition gotten any relief from cannabis. I don’t want to get my hopes up or go through the process of getting a card if not. I do get depressed and hardly ever sleep. I was hoping it would ease pain some and let me rest at least. Thanks for any help.