Maybe there’s even something about positive that cannabis is reaching into more media spaces, but negative as it’s being used as a gimmick – an alcohol themed equivalent to …
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Calum Armstrong
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It is safe to say that approximately nobody was surprised to see the Liberal Democrats put forward a policy to regulate cannabis in the UK. Despite its warm reception …
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/14/global-drug-survey-2016-legal-highs-nps-affordable-alternative-drugs?CMP=share_btn_tw https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/14/laughing-gas-usage-in-uk-highest-in-global-survey http://www.talkingdrugs.org/using-mdma-safely-less-is-more-gds Dr Adam Winstock is an Honorary Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist at Maudsley Hospital and Lewisham Drug and Alcohol Service. He is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer in …
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The British Medical Association (BMA) recommended last week that a 24-hour helpline be introduced to help ‘individuals affected by prescribed drugs associated with dependence and withdrawal’. More specifically, their calls …
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In 1996, California became the first state to allow medical access to cannabis. Twenty years later, the state is set to fully legalise cannabis as part of November’s …
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At the end of February, a delegation of policymakers led by Volteface travelled to Toronto and Ottawa to pick the brains of their Canadian counterparts. Eager to learn more about …
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‘You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.’ (Mario Cuomo, 52nd Governor of New York) Last week, new Canadian PM Justin Trudeau told citizens that, until his Government …
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Just before the Psychoactive Substances Act comes into effect on Thursday, a new BBC documentary sheds light on legal highs in the UK. The Last Days Of Legal Highs takes …
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There’s a scene in The Look of Love – the 2013 biopic of adult entertainment mogul and one time richest man in Britain Paul Raymond – where the self …
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Volteface are looking for medicinal cannabis users and carers of all ages and backgrounds to share their story with us. Next week, Coronation Street will run a storyline on medicinal …