A woman who experiences little to no pain or anxiety has a mutation in a previously unknown gene that results…
Mar 28
Mar 25
MCCS publishes ‘broader’ cannabis prescription guidelines
The Medical Cannabis Clinicians’ Society (MCCS) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Medical Cannabis under Prescription issued new guidance…
Mar 24
This Week In Weed – 24 March 2019
Not enough cannabis prescriptions for NHS England to publish Figures on NHS England prescriptions for medical cannabis are unlikely to…
Mar 23
Could a legal cannabis industry turn Africa into the workshop of the world?
By Barnaby De Hoedt A legal cannabis industry in Africa could be worth more than $7.1bn a year by 2023…
Mar 22
Study linking psychosis to high-potency cannabis based on guesswork
A study claiming to link high-potency cannabis to psychosis was based on guessing the strength of the THC based on…
Mar 21
UN guidelines on human rights and drug policy – how does the UK fare?
On 15 March, the Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD) published International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug…
Mar 20
Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies complains cannabis medicine has ‘opened Pandora’s box’
Dame Sally Davies, England’s Chief Medical Officer, yesterday made the outrageous claim that “we know [THC] has an impact on…
Mar 19
Nathaniel Leahy: ‘Epidiolex has helped but he needs full extract cannabis oil’
The mother of 10-month-old Nathaniel Leahy has said that Epidiolex has had “some positive effects” on epilepsy but that full…
Mar 19
Will Sadiq Khan Follow New York Mayor de Blasio In Calling for Legal Weed?
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio threw his support behind cannabis legalisation at the end of 2018, saying that it…
Mar 15
Major UN report: Punitive drugs policies have failed
Following United Nations (UN) agencies’ decision to adopt common drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of possession and use, the UN…
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