The headline to comment on this week and that was the House of Lords vote to support the reclassification of cannabis to class B and what it means for drugs policy in this country.
At the risk of sounding a bit like a stuck record it is worth pointing out that the move to class C […]

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There’s a mood of paranoia - or at least concern - sweeping the “Alternative Trade Association” (ATA)  of late. If you’ve never heard of the ATA, it’s an umbrella group that represents what used to be called “Head Shops”, some of these have existed quietly in backstreets of towns and cities up and down the […]

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Last Sunday’s blog created an interesting degree of feedback, some of which was sent via the UKCIA contact form rather than as comments to the actual blog.
One comment posted to the blog needs addressing: Steve  Rolles wrote
I think the problem has not been no evidence for mental health risks - there clearly is a considerable […]

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Cannabis isn’t a controlled drug, it’s an illegal one. The  practical upshot of this is street supplies are contaminated and, it seems, an ever more regular basis.
The first mass scare we were aware of of course was “soap bar”, adulterated hash. Then came microscopic glass beads sprayed into herbal cannabis, recently we heard of lead […]

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News this week about the rates of use of cannabis and its relationship to the development of mental illness - almost a case of chickens coming home to roost for just about everyone involved in the whole debate.
The stated aim of UK drugs policy as it relates to cannabis is to reduce its use to […]

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