Former Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called on the Government to set up a two-year review to examine whether…
Legalisation in Canada: Stores run out of cannabis on first day
Cannabis stores in Canada ran out of stock after the first day of legalisation, underlying the popularity of the move…
Why cannabis medicine should be available to people with autism
Dan Jose from the Cheese Board Social Cannabis Club has backed calls for cannabis medicine to be made available for…
Report: Cannabis medicine will only be prescribed for three conditions
Legal cannabis medicine will only be prescribed to help treat three conditions, according to the Telegraph, contradicting the Government’s statement…
Uruguay boosts number of recreational pharmacies
Uruguay is increasing the number of pharmacies that sell recreational cannabis from 14 to 17, and Diego Olivera, secretary general…
‘There are no specialist doctors. They haven’t been trained.’
A mother from Bradford whose son could benefit from legal cannabis medicine does not believe the move to permit its…
This Week In Weed – 14 October 2018
GW raises $345m on US stock exchange UK biopharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals, a global developer of medical cannabis products, has…
The evidence that cannabis legalisation has been a success in North America
Is the jury still out on the effects of legalised cannabis in North America? That is the debate that has…
Sir Mike Penning: Time for specialists’ ‘disappointing’ attitude to cannabis medicine to change
Sir Mike Penning, the co-chairman of the cross-party parliamentary group on Medical Cannabis Under Prescription, has urged health specialists to…
Home Secretary confirms specialists can prescribe cannabis medicine from 1 November
Specialist doctors can start prescribing ‘cannabis-derived’ medicine to patients in England, Wales and Scotland from 1 November, the Home Secretary…