Opinion

At the end of 2022, while participating in a panel at the Medcan Support and Drug Science Patient Conference, I was asked what I thought about cannabis flower being prescribed.…

Over the past couple of years, it has become increasingly clear that the key players in the Labour Party in Westminster are unwilling to back progressive drug reforms.  Labour leader…

Mehmet Yildirim was at home when he heard a loud thudding noise at the door. The 36-year-old father-of-two opened it to find six Metropolitan Police officers with battering equipment. One…

Millions of people around the world have been striving for years to make cannabis use, possession and even cultivation legal and accessible, both in medicinal and recreational markets. However, where…

University is a time when many young adults are released from the comforts of home life and become thrust into a life of independence. Term time represents an opportunity to…

‘We’re criminalising far too many young people. It’s also meaning that it becomes a gateway to other crime. ‘If instead we can regulate the cannabis market, we can raise taxation…

Just over four years ago, Britain legalised cannabis. But not all cannabis, just medical. And not for everyone – the NHS are reluctant to prescribe you the sticky green stuff,…

All good cannabis advocates know that to deny potential for abuse is futile, and unhelpful. Cannabis misuse does exist. But how does one establish when cannabis use becomes a problem?…

When asked to name a psychoactive drug, most people default to common examples like cocaine, heroin, or cannabis. But there’s a drug that has wholly evaded the effects of the…

Substance use among Icelandic teens was one of the highest in Europe 20 years ago. According to a survey conducted in 1992, nearly a quarter of Icelandic teens smoked every…