Thailand votes to reclassify cannabis as narcotic drug

By |2024-07-12T03:09:32+01:0012 July 2024|

In 2022 the Southeast Asian country of Thailand shocked the world by removing cannabis from its list of controlled narcotics. The ruling created a legal vacuum – dispensaries opened up on ‘every corner’ in Bangkok and tourists and locals alike were smoking joints in public and [...]

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Researchers reveal possible benefits of CBD in behavioural difficulties

By |2024-07-12T03:07:10+01:0012 July 2024|

A new animal study has highlighted the possible benefits of CBD and the diabetes drug, metformin, for treating behavioural difficulties. According to research presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2024, studies of mouse models of Fragile X syndrome and Phelan-McDermid syndrome show [...]

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First findings from Swiss cannabis pilot show shift towards safer consumption methods

By |2024-07-12T03:07:04+01:0012 July 2024|

Six months on from the opening of Europe’s first legal cannabis stores in Switzerland, experts are reporting trends towards regulated sales and ‘lower-risk’ consumption methods, such as edibles and extracts. The first data collected from the Grashaus Project in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, which launched at [...]

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A new centre-left government and the potential for ‘change’ in the UK cannabis landscape

By |2024-07-12T03:06:49+01:0012 July 2024|

Three years ago the toppling of a conservative Government in Germany led to a seminal moment for European cannabis – but there appears to be little chance of a repeat in the continent’s second most populous nation. The UK General Election has seen the Labour Party [...]

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