Club News
Bristol Cannabis Club celebrates 5th birthday
Bristol Cannabis Club celebrated their 5th birthday on Saturday. Upon arrival The Quarter Leaf staff were greeted with a warm smile and invited into the premises they’ve been using for
UKCSC to launch The Quarter Leaf Magazine on 4/20
The Quarter Leaf Magazine – “a voice for the UK cannabis culture” – is being launched on 4/20 2019 and 40,000 copies of Issue #1 are being given away FREE
Sy Dignam of Hampshire Cannabis Community talks CBD and his next moves
Sy Dignam founded Hampshire Cannabis Community in 2012 and has been campaigning to raise awareness of issues local cannabis consumers face ever since. Sy, 45, initially started coming to cannabis
International News
Former New Zealand PM backs cannabis legalisation but polls turn upside down amid ‘vacuum of information’
The foundation founded by the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, has backed the legalisation of cannabis use after releasing a report that shows the illicit market in
France: Commission calls for state cannabis stores to ‘take back control’ from black market
France’s parliament has been urged by a government-tasked commission to “take back control” of the drugs trade by ending the “failure” of prohibition, recommending state-controlled stores as the best way
Science & Medical
Study shows CBD may enable anti-biotics to fight superbugs
An opinion piece on UKCSC.co.uk recently argued that nationalising Big Pharma was the key to legalising cannabis medicine and solving the looming anti-biotics crisis. Now a study from the University
‘Stunningly easy’ – how to make a hemp battery
After posting our article on hemp batteries last month, Robert Murray-Smith – whose tests have shown hemp to be eight times more powerful than lithium – got in touch via
Should Grandma be vaping weed?
By Chris Tasker, Global Cannabinoid Solutions The majority of cannabis news stories that cover its medical advantages and discoveries have mostly gained attention from how much of an impact it
Harm Reduction
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 of Medicine. Participants who vaporised cannabis at 25 milligram strength
The Exit Drug: Cannabis and the opioid crisis
By Barnaby de Hoedt Cannabis has long been stigmatised as a ‘gateway drug’ to ‘harder substances’. This has always been a bogus claim. Studies have shown that, even among the