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Meet George Hutchings, 45, one among thousands of medicinal users of cannabis in the UK.
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Medicinal Cannabis: The Evidence
The most up-to-date, analysis of the evidence on the safety and efficacy of cannabis as medicine. Focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, chronic pain, Crohn’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Published April 2015.
How To Regulate Cannabis In Britain
This is the second version of a plan for the regulation of the cannabis supply chain in Britain. This version was published on 18th October 2013
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IRELAND. "A raid by Gardai took place at the home of a single parent suffering from severe epilepsy who had just received a shipment from An Post. The Gardai let the woman off with ‘a warning.’ The shipment in question? Hemp-derived CBD. Another raid saw a graduate student return to his home and witness his parents being restrained at their kitchen table while Gardai searched their house. Again, for hemp products."
Gardai Raids New Level Of Absurdity Says HFI | The Extract
HFI release statement on the recent police raids on the homes of Irish consumers of hemp products. The Extract reports. Read now.
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STUDY. "In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet, to date, there have been only 12 NHS prescriptions and less than 60 prescriptions in total. In marked contrast, a recent survey found 1.4 m people are using illicit cannabis for medical problems. Potential solutions are outlined as to how the medical profession and regulators could respond to the strong demand from patients."
Medical cannabis in the UK: From principle to practice - Anne Katrin Schlag, David S Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Steve Bazire, Rachel Coathup, H Valerie Curran, Rupert McShane, Lawrence D Phillips, Ilina Singh, David J Nutt,
Background: In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet...
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STUDY. "In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet, to date, there have been only 12 NHS prescriptions and less than 60 prescriptions in total. In marked contrast, a recent survey found 1.4 m people are using illicit cannabis for medical problems. Potential solutions are outlined as to how the medical profession and regulators could respond to the strong demand from patients."
Medical cannabis in the UK: From principle to practice - Anne Katrin Schlag, David S Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Steve Bazire, Rachel Coathup, H Valerie Curran, Rupert McShane, Lawrence D Phillips, Ilina Singh, David J Nutt,
Background: In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet...
journals.sagepub.com
"Researchers found that 61% of the test subjects reported a 50% or more reduction of monthly migraine attacks following medical cannabis treatment. Responders also reported better sleep quality and lower rates of consumption of opioids and triptans compared to non-responders, the sub-group of test subjects that reported a less than 50% reduction in monthly migraine attacks with medical cannabis treatment."
Study Suggests Prolonged Cannabis Treatment Reduces Migraines
According to a new study, the frequency of migraines may be reduced with consistent cannabis treatment.
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"The coronavirus was not the first epidemic to emerge from Wuhan. The sprawling industrial hub is China’s “chemicals capital”. And some pharmaceutical factories developed a sideline as lethal as it was lucrative, churning out the ingredients for illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid painkiller that is 50 times as powerful as heroin."
Wuhan is also the centre of China's synthetic cannabinoid industry, providing the ingredients for Spice and similar nasty, dangerous drugs that are wreaking havoc in the West.
Wuhan is also the centre of China's synthetic cannabinoid industry, providing the ingredients for Spice and similar nasty, dangerous drugs that are wreaking havoc in the West.
Wuhan’s shuttered fentanyl labs leave field clear for Russia
The coronavirus was not the first epidemic to emerge from Wuhan. Before people started to fall ill there with the mystery disease late last year, the central Chinese city was already exporting another
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USA. "Sharron Cannon is the outreach coordinator for Curaleaf, a medicinal cannabis company with 57 dispensaries in 17 states. Her job entails educating patients about cannabis and enrolling them in the New York State Medical Marijuana Program. Before the coronavirus outbreak, she spent most of her time talking with patients directly. Now that work is done via the phone, email or text, including on Sundays."
How a Cannabis Expert Spends Her Sundays
“‘Antsy’ is a good word for how they’re feeling right now,” Sharron Cannon said of her patients at Curaleaf, where demand is high.
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Linford Christie accuses @MetPoliceUK of institutional racism after two black athletes are stopped, told their car smells of #cannabis, they are dragged out and handcuffed in front of their three month-old baby #drugspolicy https://t.co/zmVTu1tONF https://t.co/eIffTzHiTu
IRELAND. Newly appointed Health Minister Stephen Donnelly smoked #cannabis in the past and is open to legalisation of both cultivation and use. #drugspolicy https://t.co/EV7lpJBrkU https://t.co/LCX0y1X7ZN
IRELAND. New Minister of State for #DrugsPolicy said public officials and people in RTE are "snorting cocaine all over the place" https://t.co/Le4KsjQEOC https://t.co/1dFP9Sl7gG
European Moves To Brand #CBD A ‘Narcotic’ Are A Growing Threat To Industry. EU bureaucrats are determined to close the market down with fake information and invented scaremongering #cannabis #drugspolicy https://t.co/Ri5HQkDUtN https://t.co/YU78FC8VVJ
European Moves To Brand #CBD A ‘Narcotic’ Are A Growing Threat To Industry. EU bureaucrats are determined to close the market down with fake information and invented scaremongering #cannabis #drugspolicy https://t.co/Ri5HQkDUtN https://t.co/diRJz8KQuM
STUDY. #Cannabis offers immediate relief from symptoms of depression #EndOurPain https://t.co/eYerGJq7GA https://t.co/vTcaSVwGn0
VIDEO. From 2015 but as relevant today as it was then. @TweeterReynolds on BBC News interviewed about a study from King's College @KingsIOPPN on so-called 'skunk' #cannabis and psychosis #drugspolicy https://t.co/DZnYFDllDw https://t.co/vwaRXS7TsI
Magic mushrooms could help ex-soldiers to overcome trauma. There must be a change in the law so that scientists can conduct clinical trials. #drugspolicy #PTSD https://t.co/roVmOYXDhj https://t.co/pzgup43ypH
So-Called ‘ #Skunk’ – What Does The Word Mean And How Much Of A Problem Is It? It remains a fact that peanuts are a far riskier substance to consume than #cannabis, even so-called ‘skunk’. #drugspolicy https://t.co/Kp4hLiTk5q https://t.co/8P0rJoTVzd
Join the CLEAR campaign for medicinal #cannabis on a GP's prescription and regulated access for adults. #EndOurPain #drugspolicy https://t.co/hpwk7BpEKl https://t.co/Ya4Tv4yGRk
VIDEO. Brutal assault by @CityPolice who smash car window of man on way home from C4 interview about police racism, falsely accusing him of concealing #drugs, with fake excuse that they smell #cannabis, Explain please @CityPoliceCmsr https://t.co/g5QsQBQ8o9 https://t.co/fPF5OnBu53
How cannabinoids can be used as pain medicine #cannabis #EndOurPain https://t.co/OLgjrPG575 https://t.co/7ujb6KLePt
Endocannabinoid Discovery Timeline. 25 years of groundbreaking research — an annotated history. #cannabis #EndOurPain https://t.co/kBqMFvnDF6 https://t.co/l0B7WdrXI9
Five ways the UK could legalise #cannabis. It could help revive our lagging economy including job creation, tax revenue and savings in public services as well as tackling gangs and improving social cohesion #drugspolicy https://t.co/EU3htdtjWF https://t.co/PWPzvRflzU
AUSTRALIA. Given my recent retirement from judicial office, I can finally say it: our drug-driving detection laws are beyond doubt the most stupid I have had the unfortunate duty to apply. #cannabis #drugspolicy https://t.co/BDYeVDVGpQ https://t.co/DfxLTg6lyd
Join the CLEAR campaign for medicinal #cannabis on a GP's prescription and regulated access for adults. #EndOurPain #drugspolicy https://t.co/hpwk7BpEKl https://t.co/oZqN1D7131
Linford Christie accuses @MetPoliceUK of institutional racism after two black athletes are stopped, told their car smells of #cannabis, they are dragged out and handcuffed in front of their three month-old baby #drugspolicy https://t.co/zmVTu1tONF https://t.co/OevXNHijak
IRELAND. Newly appointed Health Minister Stephen Donnelly smoked #cannabis in the past and is open to legalisation of both cultivation and use. #drugspolicy https://t.co/EV7lpJBrkU https://t.co/Zt2kh6QslP
