Allowing cannabis dispensaries to open does not lead to an increase in crime

By |2023-10-18T03:01:48+01:0018 October 2023|

Rates of crime in communities where state-licensed cannabis dispensaries have been opened in the US have been found by a recent study not to rise, but in fact, stay neutral.  Opponents to the legalisation of cannabis and to the introduction of retail cannabis stores often express [...]

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Chelsea Leyland: “It’s unjust that I have access to medicinal cannabis but my sister doesn’t”

By |2023-10-18T03:01:12+01:0018 October 2023|

Cannabis Health spoke to Chelsea Leyland and the team behind a moving new documentary highlighting two sisters’ fight for fair access to medicinal cannabis.  Chelsea and Tamsin Leyland both have an incurable condition, but living on two sides of the Atlantic, only one has been able [...]

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Charity-funded clinical trial on cannabis and brain cancer gets underway

By |2023-10-18T03:00:52+01:0018 October 2023|

A clinical trial researching the efficacy of cannabis as a treatment for the severe brain cancer, glioblastoma, is now underway thanks to a major fundraising initiative.  In September, the first patient entered the University Hospital 12 de Octubre in Spain as part of an independent clinical [...]

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