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At Drug Science we like to cover different topics relating to drugs. These topics cover the many different ways that psychoactive substances have an impact on our culture and society.
Drug Science
Jan 16, 20234 min read
Drug Science’s medical cannabis patient registry (T21) to continue for a fourth year
Today (16 January 2023) Drug Science announces that its medicinal cannabis patient registry ‘T21’ is continuing for a fourth year — and...
Drug Science
Jan 4, 20235 min read
Catch up on the UK Patient Conference
Watch some of the day’s highlights The first UK Patient Conference took place during Medical Cannabis Awareness Week on Friday 4th...
Nikol Naydenova
Nov 10, 20225 min read
UK’s First Medical Cannabis Patient Conference
Event review written by Nikol Naydenova In the heart of London, on Great Portland Street, patients, prescribers, cannabis advocates,...
Professor Michael Lynskey, Dr Anne Schlag and more
Nov 3, 20224 min read
The value of real world evidence: The case of medical cannabis
Authors Anne Katrin Schlag, Rayyan Zafar, Michael Lynskey, Lawrence D Phillips, Alkyoni Athanasiou-Fragkouli, David J Nutt Published...
Michael White and Nicholas Burns
Aug 15, 20222 min read
How to read a paper on the short-term impairing effects of cannabis: A selective and critical review of the literature
Author Michael A White, Nicholas R Burns Published August 15, 2022 Abstract The prosecution of cannabis-presence driving offences (in the...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Jun 13, 20223 min read
Characteristics of People Seeking Prescribed Cannabinoids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Evidence From Project Twenty 21
Authors Anne Katrin Schlag, Michael Lynskey, Alan Fayaz, Alkyoni Athanasiou-Fragkouli, Brigitta Brandner, Barbara Haja, Elizabeth Iveson...
Drug Science
Apr 11, 20221 min read
5. Cannabis History & Law
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Drug Science
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Medical Cannabis Prescribing for GPs
Medical cannabis is fast becoming a frequently asked about topic between patients and GPs in the UK, as demonstrated by the Primary Care...
Dr Michael White
Jan 31, 20223 min read
Driving Performance and Cannabis Users’ Perception of Safety - Review
By Dr Michael White – Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, South Australia Marcotte et al. (2022): Per se...
Drug Science
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Drug Science will study the benefits of medical cannabis for patients with Long COVID
New medical cannabis study approved Recruitment Flyer Drug Science is pleased to announce that the UK’s NHS Research Ethics Committee...
Professor David Nutt
Jan 26, 202210 min read
Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt
Authors David J Nutt Published January 26, 2022 “Medical cannabis has been legal to prescribe since 2018—yet just a handful of...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Medical cannabis for severe treatment resistant epilepsy in children: a case series of 10 patients
Authors Rayyan Zafar, Anne Schlag, Lawrence Phillips, David J Nutt Published December 15, 2021 We previously reported on the legalisation...
Michael White and Nicholas Burns
Dec 14, 20214 min read
How does cannabis affect road crash risk? A systematic review and meta-analyses
Authors Michael A. White, Nicholas R. Burns Published December 13, 2021 The development of drug driving policies should rest on sound...
Kate Thorpe
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Leading doctors and scientists call for UK paediatricians to recognise the value of medical cannabis for childhood epilepsy
The British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) recently produced new guidance on the prescription of cannabis medicines for children...
Drug Science
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Medical Cannabis for Epilepsy - Research Summary and Recommendations
Two Years of Research Drug Science research, conducted over the past two years and in close collaboration with the affected families,...
Hannah Deacon
Nov 5, 20214 min read
3 NHS Medical Cannabis Prescriptions in 3 Years - Alfies Story
Written by Hannah Deacon, mother of Alfie Dingley who receives one of 3 NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis By the time Alfie was 5...
Drug Science
Nov 4, 202115 min read
3 Years Since the UK Legalised Medical Cannabis, and Only 3 NHS Prescriptions
Medical Cannabis is Legal in the UK? Medical Cannabis is legal in the United Kingdom, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was...
Edward James, Thomas Robertshaw and more
Aug 9, 20213 min read
Developing a Model for a Legal Cannabis Market in the UK
Authors: Edward James, Thomas L Robertshaw, Michael J Pascoe, Fiona M Chapman, Andrew D Westwell, Mathew Hoskins, Jacob Barrow, Ben...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
May 25, 20215 min read
Drug Science research predicts 96% response rate for epileptic children treated with medical cannabis
Authors Rayyan Zafar, Anne Katrin Schlag, Larry Phillips, David Nutt Published N/A Despite medical cannabis being legalised in 2018...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
May 18, 20212 min read
Controversies in Medical Cannabis
Authors Anne Katrin Schlag, Saoirse E. O’Sullivan, Rayyan R. Zafar, David J.Nutt Published May 18, 2021 Knowledge about the therapeutic...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Medical cannabis dependence: A critical review of issues and evidence
Authors: Anne K Schlag, Chandni Hindocha, Rayyan Zafar, David J Nutt, H Valerie Curran Published: February 17, 2021 This Drug Science...
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