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On 5th September, the first patient entered the University Hospital 12 de Octubre in Spain as part of an independent clinical trial researching the efficacy of cannabis as a treatment …

Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, there was considerable debate about its potential effects. Some predicted it would trigger an economic “goldrush,” while others worried it would lead to public health “tragedies.” …

First Wednesdays have launched their latest report: ‘The Social Impact of Cannabis Legalisation: How cannabis reform can shape lives, livelihoods and the law’. European cannabis reform is happening right in …

What does the future of psychedelic medicine look like in the UK? What treatments might be available? How could they be accessed? Nowadays our news feeds and science journals are …

  Meet Lee Harris, one of CISTA’s 2016 mayoral candidates. Last week, Buzzfeed’s Tom Chivers met with Lee, one of May 2016 mayoral hopefuls. Lee showed Chivers around his headshop ‘Alchemy’ …

  With the introduction of the Psychoactive Substances Act today, our Policy Editor takes a close look at the possible outcomes, and posits what alternatives the UK, and others, should be considering …

  A version of this article was originally published in June 2015 on LEAP UK – one year on, little has changed: There was a familiar and tragic story in …

  This article was originally published on drugwise.org.uk. You would think that a product with the potential to save a billion tobacco-related deaths this century without costing tax-payers a penny …

  It is rare, but it does happen: sometimes – just sometimes – life imitates art. This happened last night, when Coronation Street aired an episode – its 8,838th – …

  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 …