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Survey finds support for medical cannabis among UK health professionals

By |2023-12-21T03:04:42+00:0021 December 2023|

A new survey indicates a potential shift in attitudes towards medical cannabis among UK healthcare professionals, with over half saying they think it should be available on the NHS.  In a small survey of UK healthcare professionals, 65% said they thought medical cannabis should be available [...]

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Europe’s first ‘fully-legal’ sales of adult-use cannabis now underway

By |2023-12-20T03:02:27+00:0020 December 2023|

With Europe’s ‘first fully compliant adult-use cannabis supply chains’ now operational – and more to follow in 2024 – global sales are projected to double by 2027, according to a new report. The United States’ adult-use cannabis market, which is now active in 24 states following [...]

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Medical cannabis has a more ‘holistic effect’ on pain than opioids – study

By |2023-12-16T03:03:47+00:0016 December 2023|

A recent study highlights how medical cannabis has a broader and more ‘holistic effect’ on pain relief than opioid medications.  Previous research has suggested that medical cannabis works as a tool for pain relief by altering the patient’s experience of pain, instead of only targeting pain [...]

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UK medical cannabis provider Sapphire to rebrand as Curaleaf Clinic in 2024 

By |2023-12-15T03:00:17+00:0015 December 2023|

One of the UK’s major medical cannabis providers, Sapphire Clinics, is to rebrand as Curaleaf Clinic in the new year.  Sapphire was the first medical cannabis clinic to open in the UK in July 2019, and later joined the Curaleaf family in January 2022 as a [...]

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Medical cannabis improves quality of life, UK study finds

By |2023-12-14T03:04:02+00:0014 December 2023|

Scientists wishing to assess changes in the quality of life of patients currently being prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) in the UK have published their findings that show positive outcomes in all of the assessed areas; sleep, anxiety and general quality of life. Patients’ self-reported outcomes [...]

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UK data links medical cannabis to improvements in ADHD patients

By |2023-12-14T03:01:35+00:0014 December 2023|

New findings from the UK link medical cannabis treatment to improvements in quality of life among ADHD patients. A new study using data from the UK Medical Cannabis Registry suggest that patients prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products (CBPMs) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed improvements in sleep, anxiety [...]

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Drug Science T21 study to continue for fifth year with new partners

By |2023-12-13T03:00:14+00:0013 December 2023|

Drug Science’s medical cannabis study, T21, will continue for a fifth year with three new industry partners on board. Launched in 2019 by the UK’s independent body on drugs, T21 (formerly Project Twenty21) aims to build the evidence base for the safety and efficacy of Cannabis [...]

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Malta gives green light to three new cannabis clubs

By |2023-12-09T03:02:04+00:009 December 2023|

Via Newsweed  Maltese officials have approved three new cannabis clubs as the country’s first harm reduction training sessions took place last month. Malta’s Responsible Cannabis Use Authority (CURA) has issued three new licences to Cannabis Harm Reduction Associations (CHRAs).  This brings the total to five clubs [...]

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European Commission must address ‘inequality’ in access to medicinal cannabis across EU

By |2023-12-08T03:03:46+00:008 December 2023|

Greek MEP, Stelios Kouloglou, has appealed to the European Commission (EC) to address the lack of legislative framework for medicinal cannabis that has left patients relying on the illegal market.  Despite being one of the first European countries to legalise medicinal cannabis in 2017, the current [...]

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1 in 8 older US adults now use cannabis products, finds study

By |2023-12-07T03:04:22+00:007 December 2023|

More older Americans consume cannabis now than before the pandemic, according to a new study, prompting calls for more open communication with healthcare providers. Data from the National Poll on Healthy Aging, which is run by University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, shows [...]

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Cannabis could be used to make pesticides for crops according to ‘exciting new research’

By |2023-12-06T03:03:10+00:006 December 2023|

Cannabis has been one of the most studied subjects in recent times with much of the focus placed on its medicinal and recreational properties. However, in what has been described as ‘exciting new research’, cannabis is now being investigated for its potential use in pesticides. Working [...]

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New NHS login feature

By |2023-12-06T03:02:53+00:006 December 2023|

What is the NHS login? The NHS login is a single, secure login that enables you to swiftly access health and social care apps and websites wherever you see the NHS login button. This is most commonly used to access the NHS app on a computer [...]

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MP calls on the EU to help his country become a hub for psychedelic research, as huge PTSD crisis looms

By |2023-12-05T03:06:36+00:005 December 2023|

At a meeting in the European Parliament last week a Ukrainian MP urged MEPs to help establish his country as the centre of European psychedelic research, in part to provide psychedelic treatment for the estimated 25 million people at risk of chronic mental health disorders such [...]

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THC and CBD found in 17th-century bone samples suggests pre-modern Italians may have loved weed

By |2023-12-02T03:04:13+00:002 December 2023|

Research published this month in The Journal of Archaeological Science by a team of scientists shows that people who lived in Milan during the 17th century used cannabis for medicinal, and, possibly, recreational purposes. A teenage boy and a woman in her 50s who were buried [...]

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3 main contributors to the entourage effect for cannabis consumers to consider

By |2023-12-01T03:00:49+00:001 December 2023|

Michael Sassano CEO and founder of SOMAÍ Pharmaceuticals, explains everything you need to know about the entourage effect. There is much myth about the subjective yet real cannabis phenomenon called the “entourage effect.” Whether you’re a flower smoker, vaporizer/concentrate consumer, or edible taker, you want the [...]

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