Prohibition kills: Coventry man shot dead in police raid Police have shot dead a man in Coventry after raiding a…
‘Regulate it’ says study finding THC potency has doubled in EU
The lead author of a study which found that THC potency in cannabis has doubled across Europe says regulation is…
Hospital blocks neurologist’s cannabis medicine prescription for young epilepsy patient
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has blocked one of its neurologists from prescribing cannabis medicine to a nine-year-old boy who suffers…
Changing minds at the Big Tent Ideas Festival 2018
On 8 September 2018, UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt took part in a panel discussion at the Big Tent Ideas…
This Week In Weed – 30 December 2018
Canopy Growth launches UK subsidiary Canopy Growth, the world’s largest cannabis company, is launching a new UK subsidiary in a…
This Week In Weed – 22 December 2018
US legalises hemp farming It is now legal to grow hemp in the US after President Donald Trump signed the…
Billy Caldwell ‘exiled’ in Canada by NHS refusal to prescribe cannabis medicine
Charlotte Caldwell has been forced to take her son Billy to Canada to seek medication after doctors cited strict NHS…
Teenagers Using Cannabis Less Since Legalisation in US States
Fewer young people are using cannabis in the US now compared to 2012, when the first states moved to legalise…
Vaping cannabis gets people higher than smoking it – and it’s safer, too
Vaping cannabis gets users higher than smoking it, according to a small study carried out at Johns Hopkins University School…
Royal College of General Practioners publishes ‘interim guide’ for GPs on cannabis-based medicines
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has published an “interim guide” for GPs advising them on how to handle…