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Despite the report stating that cannabis use is down in the U.K., it seems to me the country is on the verge of a green revolution. David Nutt, a leading drug expert in the United Kingdom and professor at Imperial College London, issued a report comparing cannabis to other drugs.
The question Walker posited was, "How many young people under 18 years of age have been treated in NHS-funded mental health units for cannabis-induced psychosis in each of the last 5 years?"
Enter Shikari is a four-piece band from England. The band is considered to have pioneered a new genre called electronicore, so if you're looking for something different, you've found it.
Police officers will be able to test drivers for drugs on the roadside for the first time after the Home Office approved the first mobile testing device. The "Drugwipe" device can test for cocaine and cannabis from a saliva sample within as little as three minutes.
The claims in the article appear, on the patina, to be fairly damning of cannabis. Among them, reporting that people in their 30's have the lungs of 80 year olds, are recieving long-term oxygen therapy, they are coming in with very advanced forms of emphysema, and even awaiting lung transplant.
Opponents of legalization have, for a couple of years, been spouting off that marijuana use (especially among teens) is responsible for a drop in IQ. This argument has been a fairly large lynchpin in their anti-pot stance.
A flock of sheep in a the rural Merstham region of England were found to be feasting on almost $6,400 worth of cannabis.
A 20 year longitudinal study has recently found that moderate cannabis use in adolescence has no association with detrimental effects on educational and intellectual performance, although heavy cannabis use is associated with poorer exam results at age 16.
55 year old Andrew Foster of Torquay openly admitted to production and possession of cannabis but claimed he was doing so purely for medicinal purposes. Foster suffers from severe arthritis and back pain and maintains that cannabis has been exceptionally effective in treating his pain.
The NHS of Wales in the UK has just become the first NHS in the UK to fund cannabis-based medicine for people with multiple sclerosis.
Research from the University of Manchester sheds new light on the impact of marijuana use on schizophrenia. "There was no evidence of a specific association between cannabis use and positive symptoms, or negative symptoms, relapse or hospital admissions," wrote Christine Barrowclough, PhD.
Scientists in the UK have now traced marijuana’s ability to prevent the growth and spread of cancer to specific pathways found in tumor cells, known as cannabinoid receptors.
This January, under government pressure, many of the United Kingdom’s internet service providers (ISPs) turned on "porn filters" for all of their customers, but as warned by opponents of Internet regulation, the filters are now blocking large amounts of clean content.
Cannabis is currently classified as a class B drug in the United Kingdom after being downgraded from class B to class C in 2004, and back again to class B in May 2008. However, recently appointed Crime Prevention Minister, Norman Baker, has said legal cannabis should be “considered” and has urged resources to be channeled into tackling hard drugs.
Russell Brand, British comedian and former husband of Katy Perry, has joined with some 90 celebrities, health experts, lawyers and politicians (including Sir Richard Branson and Sting) in signing a letter to the Prime Minister asking for reformed drug policy.
The UK government recently scheduled khat as a class C controlled substance, making it illegal to possess, grow or use. For some background, khat, a plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula, is a mild stimulant with a lesser physiological dependence rating than tobacco or alcohol.
Delegates at the British Medical Association's annual representative meeting in Harrogate are to debate whether cannabis should be legalized. "Existing drug policy is contradictory and ineffective. The number of drug users has sky rocketed in the last 30 years despite the introduction of tougher and tougher drug laws. Our policy makers aren't prepared to have a sensible, rational, evidence-based debate on drugs."
A new British study finds children with high IQs are more likely to use drugs as adults than people who score low on IQ tests as children.
