‘High strength ecstasy’ warning issued ahead of UK festival season

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Ecstasy pills with higher than average levels of MDMA are currently being sold in the UK, according to drug-testing charity The Loop. The warning, issued just before the start of Glastonbury Festival and the summer party season, aims to educate festivalgoers and other drug consumers about the potential risks of consuming high-strength ecstasy tablets. The

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South African cannabis laws to stay as President Ramaphosa secures second term

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On May 28th 2024, South Africa became the first country in Africa to allow its citizens to use cannabis for recreational purposes without the fear of arrest and prosecution. The country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, officially signed the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act into law on the eve of the general election. Ramaphosa was sworn in

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Two men given suspended prison sentences for swapping small amounts of prescribed cannabis

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Two men from Guernsey have narrowly escaped being sent to jail after admitting to authorities that they regularly swapped prescribed cannabis to prevent each other from running out while waiting for their medication to be delivered.  Both men, Nathan Alan Lucas and Reece Nicholas Charles Baudains admitted the offence of supplying medical cannabis, and both

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Link between cannabis and psychosis lower than thought, huge study finds

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An analysis of over 162 high-quality studies has found the link between cannabis and psychosis is weaker than previously estimated.  The study published in the journal Nature Mental Health, was conducted by a team at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Researchers analysed data from over 200,000 participants, aiming to combine results and understand the

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Injected cannabis terpenes as effective as morphine at treating pain

Research investigating how cannabis can be used to treat pain usually focuses on individual cannabinoids such as THC, CBD and CBN, with little attention paid to the role of medicinal role terpenes. However, in a recent study published in the journal PAIN, researchers found that terpenes, especially when combined with morphine, could be a safer

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Psychedelics could help people who stutter, study finds

A study by researchers at New York University has found that people who stutter may benefit from the controlled administration of classic psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin. The qualitative study, published in the Journal of Fluency Disorders, analysed the self-reported experiences of people who identified as having a stutter. The experiences were gathered from

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