The UK may have signed the UN drugs convention – with its emphasis on prohibition – but that doesn’t mean it can’t legalise the drug.
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The consumption of homegrown cannabis has risen sharply over the past decade.
Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm told parliament that of the $1.5 billion spent annually on drug law enforcement, 70% is attributable to cannabis. Are those numbers correct?
With legislation for medicinal cannabis having been passed by the federal parliament, what do we do now about drug-driving laws?
The potential harms associated with using cannabis depend, above all others, on two things: the age at which you first begin to use cannabis and the frequency, dose and duration of use.
A 400-year-old poem offers yet more evidence to suggest that William Shakespeare may have found at least some of his inspiration in cannabis.
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug with more than 181 million consumers worldwide, three quarters of whom are men. Why do men and women use cannabis?
More men suffer psychosis, and there are a few reasons that may explain it.
South African forensics may provide clues to the 400-year-old mystery of what was smoked in pipes found in Shakespeare’s garden.
Smoking and mental health problems go hand in hand but it’s not an easy relationship to untangle.
For over 500 years, the drug has been associated with racism and poverty.
The three Cs that have caused much controversy in research: cancer, cannabis and cannabinoids.
The legislative changes poised to increase the availability of cannabis are outpacing our understanding of the impact that the drug has on the brain.
Queenslanders and Victorians with particular chronic illnesses will be eligible to join New South Wales medicinal cannabis trials, due to start mid next year.
Our drugs policy expert sheds some light on the Liberal Democrats’ radical new proposals.
People with bipolar use more cannabis than others with mental health problems, but what do they think about its effects?
At present, cannabis is fully legalized in Colorado and Washington and will soon be fully legalized in Oregon and Alaska. Additionally, medical cannabis is legal in 23 states. The writing is on the wall…
A bill to permit medical cannabis use in Australia is set for debate in Senate. If medical cannabis use is legalised, doctors could become gatekeepers between patients and a controversial drug. Lessons…
Cannabis has long been touted as containing chemicals that might work against cancer. A recent study suggested that two chemicals found in cannabis, the cannabinoids CBD and THC, could act on an aggressive…
Widely proscribed around the world for its recreational uses, cannabis is being used in a number of different therapeutic ways to bring relief for severe medical conditions. Products using cannabinoids…
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor in Criminology, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Assistant Professor of History, Bard Early College
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor in the Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Public Health Physician and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellow, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, The National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
