Kevin Dinneen

Grow your own cannabis, and you could face 14 years in prison. But if your ancestors addicted millions and waged wars to protect their drug profits, you get a seat in the House of Lords. Britain has a dark history of drug dealing across the world with consequences that are…

Medical cannabis treatment was associated with significant improvements in quality of life, anxiety and sleep for autistic adults over an 18 month period, according to new research from Imperial College London.

Cannabis use among US high school students has fallen to its lowest level on record, continuing a long-term decline that has coincided with the expansion of legal adult-use cannabis across the country.

Cannabis users commonly report that getting high helps them to relax and unwind, but new research suggests the relationship between cannabis and stress may be more complicated than just THC.

A study of 92 women with fibromyalgia found “substantial and sustained” pain relief among patients treated with repeated intravenous ketamine infusions.

Women with endometriosis experienced significant reductions in pain and use of conventional painkillers after taking a balanced THC and CBD cannabis extract for three months.

A study of 183 chronic pain patients found cannabis edibles had little impact on memory and executive function, though CBD caused fewer disruptions than THC.

Patients given a single, high dose of a cannabis-based medicine used 48% less morphine over 24 hours than those given a placebo in a randomised clinical trial.

The Cannabis Industry Council has called for changes to the UK’s industrial hemp regulations, with Baroness Jenny Jones criticising the government’s approach to a crop that remains subject to drug controls.

The UN’s independent expert on counterterrorism has condemned US military strikes on suspected drug traffickers, warning that decades of prohibition have failed to weaken organised crime and calling for drug legalisation to undermine criminal profits.