Opinion

On 12th April 2023, Minister of Health, Dr. Karl Lauterbach, and Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, held a press conference to announce the  updated German approach to legalised adult …

Conflating drug use with addiction causes a wide variety of issues. Years of fear-mongering and moralizing regarding drug use, particularly in the US but also across the Atlantic in the …

The trend towards decriminalisation and legalisation of recreational cannabis across the globe is snowballing. Have you noticed? In light of the growing body of evidence highlighting the medicinal uses of …

Whilst there are *a lot* of things that were not desirable about politics in previous decades, the ability and willingness of politicians – particularly leading figures – to shape, guide …

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 …