A study claiming to link high-potency cannabis to psychosis was based on guessing the strength of the THC based on…
Mar 22
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 12
Study: mixing cannabis flowering top with tobacco is most common method of consuming cannabis
A small study of seized joints showed that mixing cannabis flowering top with tobacco is the most common method of…
Feb 28
GDNF protein Parkinson’s treatment ‘extremely promising’
A trial has found that an experimental drug called GDNF could offer hope for restoring damaged brain cells in Parkinson’s…
Feb 28
Progress in Portugal halted as politicians reject legalising recreational cannabis
Portugal may be well known for its decriminalisation model that treats drug use as a health rather than criminal issue,…
Feb 27
De-schedule all cannabis say scientists who found THC is more therapeutic than CBD
Scientists who found THC to be more therapeutic than CBD in a groundbreaking study have called for all types of…
Feb 26
‘Justice’: Ayr dad fined for growing cannabis for son’s cancer
A dad from Ayr in Scotland who grew cannabis to treat his teenage son’s cancer has been fined £1,000 in…
Feb 24
This Week In Weed – 24 February 2018
Cannabis poses ‘long-term risk’ to alcohol industry The legal cannabis industry “could emerge to become one of the biggest threats…
Feb 20
Wide-ranging study: punitive cannabis policies do not deter young people
A wide-ranging study has found that there is no evidence that punitive policies deter young people from using cannabis. In…
Feb 18
How Mail, Sun and co misled public over ‘teenage cannabis depression link’
A study which tentatively links teenage use of cannabis use to later depression in adulthood “cannot prove that cannabis use…
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