
Simon Doherty
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What Happens to Medicinal Cannabis Users When the Police Come Knocking?
Following on from the first in our series of medicinal cannabis case studies, we are taking a look a…
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We Spoke to Cancer Research UK About Internet Cannabis Oil Scammers
Now that more and more people believe that cannabis oil can alleviate the symptoms of cancer, the UK…
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Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis: We Talked Methods of Consumption, Strains and Cannabinoids Ratios With Clark French
In the first of our series examining medicinal cannabis case studies we caught up with Clark French,…
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Should You Tell Your Doctor If You Are Using Cannabis?
Last year, a report by two leading researchers on cannabis’ medicinal potential, Professor Val Curran of University College London and co-author Frank Warburton, director of DrugScope, was published. After carrying out an extensive meta-analysis of global studies into the therapeutic benefits of cannabis, the study concluded that it is a much-needed medicine.“In the UK there is increasing acceptance within the medical profession and elsewhere of the use of cannabis and cannabis derivativ…
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Jeff Ditchfield and the Quest for Perfect Medicinal Oil
Jeff Ditchfield is cannabis activism’s answer to Robin Hood; for years he has altruistically put himself in a legal firing line to provide sick people with the medicine they need. In 2002 he founded the Bud Buddies UK Medicinal Cannabis Organisation and in doing so became a poster boy for medicinal cannabis in the UK.For half a decade the club operated as a members-only service which supplies education, support, and medicinal cannabis to gravely ill patients. “The philosophy at Bud Buddi…
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