FOI release

Advertising complaints, medical cannabis clinics

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2026/00765

Received 14 July 2026

Published 8 September 2026

Request

Under the FOI Act 2000, please provide, for 2019 to present: 3. The number of complaints/cases the MHRA has received concerning the advertising or promotion of cannabis-based medicinal products or the 4. services of medical-cannabis clinics to the public. 8. Of those, how many were investigated, how many upheld, and what action resulted (e.g. voluntary withdrawal, corrective statement, referral, 9. enforcement). 13. Any cases involving promotion via social-media influencers or celebrity endorsement of medical-cannabis clinics or products. 17. Any guidance the MHRA has issued specific to advertising by medical-cannabis clinics.

Response

See attached

Documents

• FOI2026_00765 (redacted).pdf (810.8 KB)

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