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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.
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...
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...
Dr Shanna Marrinan
Dec 23, 20197 min read
THC vs Alcohol Impaired Driving
By Dr. Shanna Marrinan Since the 2nd of March 2015, it has been illegal to drive with predetermined amounts of particular drugs...
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
Oct 14, 20192 min read
Medical Cannabis Student Educational Slides
On the 1st of November 2018, medicinal cannabis products were removed from schedule 1 and placed in schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs...
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
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
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...
Drug Science
May 29, 20191 min read
The Cannabis Society: London Medical Cannabis Conference
Drug Science is delighted to support The Cannabis Society Medical Conference, being held on 24th June in Central London. The Cannabis...
Drug Science
May 22, 20196 min read
Drug Science gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee on Medicinal Cannabis
On 1 November 2018, following considerable popular pressure surrounding a select number of young children with treatment-resistant...
Drug Science
May 16, 20193 min read
Drug Science launches Working Group on Medical Cannabis
Download the press release here The UK’s leading independent scientific body on drugs Launched the Drug Science Medical Cannabis Working...
Professor David Nutt
May 3, 20191 min read
Why medical cannabis is still out of patients’ reach—an essay by David Nutt
Cannabis is arguably the world’s oldest medicine, with evidence of such use from 3000 year old tombs in Egypt and Siberia. It had a place...
Drug Science
Jan 31, 20192 min read
Drug Science Symposium 'Cannabis medicines: from principle to practice. How can we maximise clinical research and benefits?'
Please download the conference background materials here, including: Meeting slides DrugScience report on medicinal cannabis DrugScience...
Alana Griffith and Damian Cohall
Sep 5, 20181 min read
Conceptualising a policy framework for the implementation of medical marijuana in the Caribbean territory of Barbados
Authors: Alana DD Griffith, Damian H Cohall Published: September 5, 2018 Unlike the recent global trend of a decline in the prohibition...
Drug Science
Jan 24, 20174 min read
THCv - an abject cop-out from the ACMD, another research opportunity for the UK lost
The cannabis plant produces over 100 compounds with therapeutic potential. Most of these have never been properly studied because of the...
Drug Science
Apr 3, 20163 min read
Cannabis Review for the attention of the WHO
Read the full report The scheduling under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs assumes a scientific justification. However, cannabis...
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