MediPen Launches UK Research Facility, Welcomes Other Cannabis Researchers
Thu / Jun 15th
The United Kingdom’s first publicly available cannabis research facility is launching this summer as MediPen Ltd. is opening an 1,800-square-foot… Read More
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Cannabis is illegal in the United Kingdom aside from very strict but developing medical use. More than half of the drug arrests in the United Kingdom are cannabis-related. Read cannabis news from the United Kingdom:
UK Liberal Dems Add Cannabis Legalization to Platform
Mon / May 15th
According to research by Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom, 87,247 police caseloads related to cannabis were opened in 2015,… Read More
Cayman Islands Hospital Begins Dispensing MMJ
Wed / May 10th
A Cayman Islands hospital has begun dispensing medical cannabis oils nearly six months after Gov. Helen Kilpatrick signed the medical… Read More
Northern Ireland Boy First in UK to Receive NHS MMJ Prescription
Thu / Apr 20th
An 11-year-old boy from Northern Ireland who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy is the first person in the… Read More
Oxford University Launches Cannabinoid Biomedicine Research Program
Fri / Mar 17th
Oxford University is teaming with Kingsley Capital Partners on a multi-million dollar medical cannabis research program to develop new therapies… Read More
Health Experts in England Suggest Regulating Cannabis Potency
Thu / Mar 2nd
British health experts are urging policymakers to regulate the potency of cannabis due to concerns that high-potency products increase the… Read More
UK Health Agency Reclassifies CBD as Medicine
Wed / Jan 4th
The U.K.’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has reclassified cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine, according to an International Business… Read More
British Sugar to Grow Cannabis Plants for GW Pharmaceuticals
Tue / Oct 25th
British Sugar has signed a long-term deal with GW Pharmaceuticals to grow non-psychoactive, CBD-rich cannabis plants in an 18-hectacre facility… Read More
UK Home Office Denies Scottish National Party’s Request to Regulate Medical Cannabis
Fri / Oct 21st
Following a vote by the Scottish National Party supporting the decriminalization of medical cannabis and calling on the UK government… Read More
Scottish National Party Delegates Pushing for New MMJ Regulations
Mon / Oct 17th
The Scottish National Party is backing the decriminalization of cannabis for medicinal use, calling on the UK government to allow… Read More
UK Healthcare Agency Admits CBD is Medicinal, Approves Use and Sales
Wed / Oct 12th
The UK government’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency now says that CBD — a non-psychoactive cannabis compound — has… Read More
UK Parliamentary Group Calls for Cannabis Rescheduling
Tue / Sep 13th
The UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform is urging the Home Office to reclassify cannabis from Schedule… Read More
UK’s National Health Service Begins CBD Vaporizer Tests
Mon / Aug 15th
The Medipen, a cannabidiol vaporizer, is being tested by the U.K.’s National Health Service, marking the first time a cannabis… Read More
UK Parliament Forced to Discuss Cannabis Prohibition; Just 2% Of Parliament Attends
Wed / Oct 28th
After a quarter million signatures were put forward to the British parliament’s e-petition system, the government was forced to convene… Read More
UK Parliament Will Debate Marijuana Legalization in October
Fri / Sep 11th
The UK parliament will debate legalizing marijuana next month after a petition received more than 200,000 signatures. The petition, started… Read More