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Should Free Cannabis Be Distributed In British Prisons?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 10, 2021. Posted in Politics.

All sorts of people are lining up to support an idea proposed by a Welsh police commissioner to give free cannabis to the incarcerated. Arfon Jones, the police and crime commissioner for North Wales, has a radical idea. He believes that free cannabis should be distributed to British prisoners...

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Billy Caldwell Receives First NHS-Funded Cannabis, Opens Door For Other British Patients

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 27, 2020. Posted in Medical.

The long two-year battle is over for Billy Caldwell, one of the UK’s most famous cannabis patients. The National Health Service (NHS) has agreed to provide him with government-funded cannabis for the rest of his life. Now 15, Caldwell became an international media sensation after his...

British Government Health Service Plans To Manufacture Cannabis Oil

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 29, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Ah, the irony. After decades of resisting cannabis reform, the British government-funded National Health Service (NHS) has established plans to manufacture CBD oil itself. Why? To prepare for a clinical trial to study the efficacy of medical CBD on children with severe epilepsy. The ironies...