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European Round-Up: 5,000 UK Patients To Receive Cannabis In Ground-Breaking Trial, TV Station Invests In Cannabis, Tobacco Firm’s Cannabis Ambition, Swiss CBD Setback

A FIRST for the UK this week with the announcement that the National Health Service is to conduct its first major study into the potential benefits of cannabis for pain relief. Some 5,000 adults will take vaporised, whole-plant cannabis extracts…

Covid Vaccines Highlight How Real-World Data Could Be Used In Cannabis Medicine

THE medical profession must learn from the way Covid-19 vaccines have been subjected to real-world efficacy trials – and adopt a similar pathway for cannabis, says one of the UK’s leading cannabis practitioners. Professor Mike Barnes, Chair of the Medical…

NHS To Launch Its First Evidence-Based Cannabis Patient Data Registry This Week

THE UK’s first National Health Service patients registry will start collating data from Thursday this week in a significant move for medical cannabis in the country. The development has been welcomed and comes as the nation’s doctors are said to be…