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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.
Danielle Johnson
Feb 9, 20217 min read
Childhood Epilepsy Case Study: Gino Londra
A Closer Look at the Families Struggling to Cope with the Huge Financial and Personal Burden of Accessing Medical Cannabis to Treat...
Rayyan Zafar
Jan 8, 20215 min read
Too much pain? The Price of Politics in the treatment of childhood epilepsy
By Rayyan Zafar an Honorary Research Assistant for Drug Science. It was 5 years ago in 2016 when Nick Clegg, the then deputy...
Drug Science
Jan 7, 20211 min read
How to Prescribe Medical Cannabis in the UK
In this seminar, Professor Barnes provides a walkthrough of how to prescribe medical cannabis under the current UK regulations and the...
Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli
Jan 4, 20212 min read
‘Cannabis’ ontologies I: Conceptual issues with Cannabis and cannabinoids terminology
Authors: Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli Published: December 29, 2020 Objective Identify a coherent nomenclature for Cannabis sativa L. derived...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Ending the pain of children with severe epilepsy?
Authors: RR Zafar, AK Schlag, DJ Nutt Published: December 9, 2020 An audit of the impact of medical cannabis in 10 patients with severe...
Drug Science
Dec 2, 20203 min read
Medical Cannabis removed from schedule 4 of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
Drug Science notice of support for joint NGO statement ‘Towards science-based scheduling of Cannabis sativa and other controlled herbal...
Drug Science
Dec 1, 20204 min read
Response to the ACMD report: 'Cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans'
A Drug Science response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) Report: Cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs)...
Drug Science
Oct 16, 20204 min read
Project Twenty21 - an eventful first year!
In November 2019, Drug Science launched Project Twenty21 – Europe’s first and biggest national medical cannabis registry. The project was...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Sep 22, 20202 min read
So near yet so far: why won’t the UK prescribe medical cannabis?
Authors: David Nutt, Steve Bazire, Lawrence D Phillips, Anne Katrin Schlag Published: September 21, 2020 This Drug Science research was...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Medical cannabis in the UK: From principle to practice
Authors: Anne Katrin Schlag, David S Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Steve Bazire, Rachel Coathup, H Valerie Curran, Rupert McShane, Lawrence D...
Tom P Freeman, Chandni Hindocha and more
Jul 29, 20204 min read
Prescribed CBD could help people quit cannabis
Authors: Tom P Freeman, Chandni Hindocha, Gianluca Baio, Natacha D C Shaban, Emily M Thomas, Danica Astbury, Abigail M Freeman, Rachel...
Drug Science
Jan 31, 20201 min read
Evaluating global medical cannabis regulatory regimes: Lessons to be learned for the UK
Read the Full Report #MCWG #medicalcannabis #report
Anne Katrin Schlag
Jan 16, 20201 min read
Medical Cannabis: What Lessons Can Be Learned for the UK?
Authors: Anne Katrin Schlag Published: January 15, 2020 Article from Drug Science’s Head of Research – Dr Anne Schlag An Evaluation of...
Rosalind Gittins and Ben Sessa
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Can prescribed medical cannabis use reduce the use of other more harmful drugs?
Authors: Rosalind Gittins, Ben Sessa Published: January 13, 2020 There is growing recognition of the potential utility of medical...
Drug Science
Nov 11, 20192 min read
Response to the NICE recommendations
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published their guidance to clinicians on the 11th of November 2019...
Drug Science
Sep 11, 20192 min read
Medical Cannabis Education
Drug Science is asked frequently about medical cannabis – what it is, what it can be used for, who can prescribe it and how to regulate...
Drug Science
Sep 9, 20191 min read
Practical Approach To Prescribing Medical Cannabis
Dr Kishan Mahabir provides a practical approach to prescribing medical cannabis based on his experience in Canada. #medicalcannabis
Drug Science
Sep 2, 20191 min read
Medical Cannabis Essentials
Understanding Cannabis and Medical Cannabis, overview of experiences in Canada. Dr. Blue currently holds medical licenses in Michigan and...
Drug Science
Aug 27, 20192 min read
NICE on cannabidiol for childhood epilepsy
At the end of last week, NICE released their initial appraisal on cannabidiol in the form of Epidiolex for childhood epilepsy. As...
Drug Science
Aug 13, 20192 min read
Press Release: Government decision on cannabis-related medicinal products draws criticism from independent scientific body, Drug Science
Today (13th August 2019), the independent scientific body Drug Science has responded with disappointment to a decision by the National...
Drug Science
Jun 19, 20191 min read
The Royal College of Psychiatrists review of medicinal and recreational cannabis
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has undertaken a review to develop a College position on cannabis use in the UK and how this relates...
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