Using a world-first portable testing device, a team from the University of Bath discovered an alarming number of vapes in schools contain addictive and dangerous synthetic cannabinoids ..read more

A study of patients living with depression showed a marked decrease in suicidal thoughts and levels of depression after being treated with cannabis ..read more

The Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, has announced the country will now regulate cannabis through legislation rather than re-listing it as a narcotic, marking a swift U-turn from plans to re-criminalise the drug. Thailand decriminalised cannabis in 2022 by removing it from a list of illegal narcotics, leading to a boom industry that saw dispensaries open in the thousands across the country. After less than two years, the government, led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, announced it would add cannabis back onto the list of narcotics, re-criminalising production, consum ..read more

The independent drug policy charity Transform has launched a £50,000 crowdfunder to campaign for the legalisation of cannabis in the UK. Founded in 1996, Transform promotes drug policy reform in the UK and across the world. The charity has published numerous reports and publications on how to regulate legal markets for the non-medical use of cannabis safely. Transform states that the ongoing legalisation of cannabis in other countries, such as Germany, provides an opportunity to highlight the failures of cannabis prohibition in the UK. The unregulated cannabis market, the charity says, puts th ..read more

The Czech Government is pressing ahead with plans to launch Europe’s first fully legal commercial cannabis market, similar to those seen in Canada and many parts of the US. Czechia already has some of the most lenient cannabis laws in Europe. The use, possession and cultivation (for personal use) of cannabis were decriminalised in 2010 while sale and importation are still strictly forbidden and can result in a prison sentence. Czechia was also one of the first countries in Europe to permit a legal medicinal cannabis market, patients began to be issued their prescriptions in 2013. The plan, rev ..read more

Global life expectancy has increased by over 30 years in the past century, and scientists have now predicted that the first person to live to 150 may already be alive today. Many of us are looking for this key to longevity and optimal health. Whether it’s through exercise, diets, cold plunges, saunas, light therapy, skin care, supplement stacking — the list goes on. You name it, we’ve probably tried it. Yet biohackers with deep pockets are taking the quest for eternal youth to the next level. Trailing and testing innovative medical therapies, lifestyle protocols and extreme diets, wealthy life ..read more

Catalonian authorities have taken further steps towards their goal of closing all the cannabis clubs in Barcelona last week, as thirty venues across the city received notices ordering them to shut their doors until further notice. Deputy mayor and councillor for security, Albert Batlle announced his plans during a speech in the last plenary session of 2023 when he said he was going to “put an end [to cannabis social clubs],” explaining that the policy needed to be implemented “with legal certainty, with rigour, and without flaws caused by haste.” Since then the City Council have carried out ra ..read more

In recent years, the world has seen a general loosening of cannabis laws, concerning both medicinal and recreational use of the drug. Today, over 60 countries have legalised cannabis for medicinal purposes while, earlier this year, Germany finally introduced legislation to legalise recreational cannabis, becoming the ninth country to do so. Cannabis reform has certainly come a long way. Yet, with all these promising developments, there remain a number of countries in which you would never want to be caught with cannabis. We’re taking a look at the 6 countries with the harshest cannabis laws. S ..read more

“60 for a 3.5, Q’s for 100 real Cali! Going rapid, (fire emoji, american flag emoji, leaf emoji) ask for strains!”   “Eazy- got the flavours of flavours in. Gelato X Skittles. Girl Scout. Mac1. Cali only certi buds. Safe. X” Most UK consumers who source cannabis from street dealers will recognise these texts. In 2024, the UK is awash with “Cali” weed; top-of-the-line premium crops supposedly imported straight from the sun-kissed Emerald Triangle and flogged across greyer pastures. The messages above came from shottas in Hyde Park, Leeds, and Tooting, South London. Some sellers even o ..read more

In 2022 the Southeast Asian country of Thailand shocked the world by removing cannabis from its list of controlled narcotics. The ruling created a legal vacuum – dispensaries opened up on ‘every corner’ in Bangkok and tourists and locals alike were smoking joints in public and newly opened cannabis clubs. After less than two years, Thailand’s cannabis laws are again facing upheaval. After a general election in May 2023 brought about a new Prime Minister, the government plans to criminalise cannabis again. A government committee has won a vote to reclassify cannabis and hemp back to a ‘Category ..read more