This month, medicinal cannabis organisation Cancard announced a collaborative project with Grow Lab Organics to enable a licensed medicinal cannabis farm to become a community owned endeavour, the first of…
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Advocacy NewsFeaturedOpinion
The ‘Vaping Epidemic’: How cannabis reformers in Britain should incorporate child safety into the argument for recreational legalisation
by Matt ReesThe rise of vaping among teenagers has led to the creation of a moral panic in Britain. It is the subject of BBC Question Time debates. The tabloids have been…
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Magic mushrooms, scientifically known as psilocybin mushrooms, may be illegal in the UK, however, a number of countries and states afford them a legal status or have decriminalised them. Despite…
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Why Are so Many Patients Still Accessing Medical Cannabis Illegally in the UK?
By Katya Kowalski, with additional reporting by Sarah Sinclair, Cannabis Health The UK’s medical cannabis industry has at times felt like a broken record. Once the hype of the law…
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In recent years, psychedelics have gained much positive traction across the globe. In 2021, the first psychedelic therapy clinic in Britain opened its doors with the aim of treating mental…
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For decades magic mushrooms have served as a point of contention, seeing as they naturally grow in many parts of the world, with the UK as no exception. So, what…
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Access the full report here: Volteface Report: Known Unknowns Plain Text version: Volteface Report: Known Unknowns Plain Text Over the last year Volteface has been researching the barriers and hesitations…
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British drug policy fundamentally changed in 2016 with the Psychoactive Substances Act – what happened and why? Traditionally, restricting the production, supply, and possession of a drug involves specifically…
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In early January, as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a tentative degree of policy experimentation by piloting, in three boroughs, a diversion scheme whereby young people in…
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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…