I vividly remember the first time I flew with weed. I kept thinking it wasn’t worth it, plagued by visions of two police officers in perfectly pressed, navy blue uniforms hauling me away from the conveyer belt as the other …
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Medical Cannabis
Families of children with epilepsy say they are devastated after being denied prescriptions for medicinal cannabis. A law change on 1 November was designed to allow a small number of patients to be prescribed cannabis-based products by specialist doctors in …
We’re in the midst of a CBD craze. Cannabidiol — CBD — is a compound in the marijuana plant with purported medical benefits but very little (0.3 percent or less) THC, the plant’s psychoactive ingredient. In other words, it won’t …
In the good old days, say five years ago, you knew you could fire your pothead employees. The rules were simple. You adopted a strict “No Drugs” policy, required drug testing and then booted all of the stoners who failed …
Cannabis can kills cancer in the lab so researchers are now hoping they’ll discover a breakthrough proving it kills brain cancer cells in live patients. Cannabis kills brain cancer cells in petri dishes so Australian researchers are embarking on a …
‘It’s extremely overwhelming … when I walk him to school I know how lucky I am’ A seven-year-old boy who was granted a special licence in June to use medicinal cannabis oil is now living a “pretty normal life”, his …
“It’s hard to explain but my brain would just calm down,” says Lucy Bason, who claims cannabidiol (CBD) oil is helping control her anxiety. She is one of several people buying the cannabis plant extract at a coffee shop on …
TORONTO – The executive director of the NHL Alumni Association says he’s “all-in” when it comes to finding out if cannabis will be able to one day replace opioid-based painkillers. Speaking at an event earlier this week, Glenn Healy said …
Veterans Administration doctors will be able to recommend their patients use the drug in states where it is legal US lawmakers have passed a measure to allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients in states where the …
UK government must look into legalising cannabis, says former Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe
October 22, 2018
Former Metropolitan Police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for an urgent review of the evidence supporting cannabis legalisation. It marks a significant shift in the attitude of the ex-police commissioner, who backed tough laws against cannabis during his time leading …