The Legalisation of Prescription Cannabis in the UK: Progress and Challenges

By |2024-05-31T03:05:51+01:0031 May 2024|

Introduction Thanks to the bravery of young Billy Caldwell on November 1st, 2018, the United Kingdom took a significant step in healthcare by legalising the prescription of cannabis-based medications by Specialist Clinicians registered with the General Medical Council (GMC). This decision was intended to provide patients suffering from various conditions with access to a new […]

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Psychedelics could help people who stutter, study finds

By |2024-05-31T03:05:42+01:0031 May 2024|

A study by researchers at New York University has found that people who stutter may benefit from the controlled administration of classic psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin. The qualitative study, published in the Journal of Fluency Disorders, analysed the self-reported experiences of people who identified [...]

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Almost 3% of teenagers use CBD products, finds study

By |2024-05-31T03:03:24+01:0031 May 2024|

A new study offers some of the first insights into the prevalence of CBD use among adolescents. Since cannabidiol (CBD), the non-intoxicating component of cannabis, was legalised in the United States by the 2018 Farm Bill, products containing the compound have flooded the consumer health sector. [...]

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