UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt has been published in the British Medical Journal. The article, ‘Patients like me manage lifelong…
Jul 31
Jul 27
Skunk #1 is used in Sativex: GW Pharmaceuticals’ Artificial Scarcity Revealed
New Scientist magazine has visited the GW Pharmaceuticals to interview Dr David Potter at the UK’s only legal cannabis farm,…
Jul 26
Government permits doctors to prescribe ‘cannabis-derived’ medicine
The government has announced that doctors in the UK will be permitted to prescribe ‘cannabis-derived’ medicine. Home Secretary Sajid Javid…
Jul 25
Government rejects referendum on the legalisation of cannabis
The government has rejected a petition calling for a referendum on the legalisation of cannabis in Britain. The petition has…
Jul 21
UKCSC comment on ACMD Advice on Scheduling Cannabis Derived Medicinal Products
The UKCSC has released the following comments on new recommendations made by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs,…
Jul 21
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: make medicinal cannabis available on prescription
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has told the government that doctors in the UK should have the…
Jul 19
Lebanon to legalise cannabis cultivation to boost economy
Lebanon is set to legalise cannabis cultivation and its production for medicinal use. Although no time frame has been specified…
Jul 18
Parents apply for cannabis oil to alleviate one-year-old’s frequent seizures
The family of a one-year-old boy who suffers with frequent and severe seizures say they are “running out of treatment…
Jul 17
Sell cannabis like alcohol and cigarettes, says British public in new poll
A majority of the British public back the legalisation and decriminalisation of cannabis use so that it would be sold…
Jul 16
Police ‘decriminalising cannabis’ as prosecutions fall away, says Lamb
A substantial fall in the number of prosecutions and cautions for possessing the drug show that the police are in…
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