DHSC doesn't know how many are on medical cannabis

The Department of Health and Social Care says it doesn't know how many people on the Island are prescribed medical cannabis.

It was responding to a Freedom of Information request about the number of registered medicinal cannabis users.

But in its response, it said Manx Care doesn't prescribe cannabis products - which are only available through private prescriptions.

The private prescribing clinics are registered and inspected by the government, but the number of prescriptions isn't recorded by Manx Care.