Tag: United Kingdom

UK Study Finds Cannabis Consumption Is Not Linked To Changes In Motivation

Written by Frank Schuler on September 11, 2022. Posted in Science.

Historically, cannabis consumers have been portrayed by cannabis opponents as lazy ‘do nothings’ that sit on couches all day eating potato chips. Those stereotypes have also been perpetuated...

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UK’s Top Contender For Prime Minister Criticized For U-Turn On Cannabis Reform

Written by Marguerite Arnold on August 8, 2022. Posted in Policy.

In an increasingly bitter and close race, Tory rival for the top political job, Rishi Sunak has criticized Liz Truss for her flip-flop on cannabis reform The current political battle in the UK to replace...

UK’s Lack Of Comprehensive Cannabis Policy Criticized

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 29, 2022. Posted in Policy.

A Report Launched by UK Minister for Science, Research and Innovation criticizes a lack of coordinated policy on “cannabinoid innovation” The UK government is criticizing itself in a new...

London Mayor Launches Commission To Examine Cannabis Policy

Written by Johnny Green on May 16, 2022. Posted in Archives, Policy.

Cannabis reform is sweeping the European continent, with at least one country now a legal jurisdiction for adult use. Late last year Malta became the first country in Europe to pass an adult-use legalization...

UK Government Fund Invests In Cannabis Company

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2022. Posted in Archives, Business, Policy.

During the pandemic, the United Kingdom set up a fund called the ‘British Business Bank’s Future Fund.’ The aim of the taxpayer-backed fund was to ‘support innovative companies...

How Many UK Patients Are Being Privately Prescribed Cannabis?

Written by Johnny Green on May 2, 2022. Posted in Archives, Business, Policy.

The United Kingdom is a fairly rough place when it comes to safe access to medical cannabis. The country’s medical cannabis program is notoriously restrictive, leaving suffering patients with...

National Cannabis Awareness Campaign Launched In UK

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 14, 2022. Posted in Politics.

BRITISH CANNABIS launches new awareness campaign for CBD products It is not that the British don’t want cannabis reform. They do. It is just their government that does not want to move any faster...

British Food Standards Agency To Publish CBD Guidelines

Written by Marguerite Arnold on January 4, 2022. Posted in Politics.

The regulatory agency is about to release a guide of legal CBD products in the UK market Sometime in the next few weeks, the British Food Standards Agency (FSA) will publish details about the CBD companies...

Is Boris Johnson’s Government About To Do Right By Cannabis?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 22, 2021. Posted in Medical.

The government task force examining how to regulate the industry suggests that the Home Office is not the best place to stick the cannabis industry – but not much else. Sadly, Monty Python is...