This summer, The Loop’s wonderful team of chemists, health professionals, researchers and press officers has been busy delivering harm reduction services at festivals up and down the country in order ...

In this report, Volteface aims to bridge the gap in understanding of how social media is being used as a marketplace for illicit drugs and the impact this is having on young people – social media’s ...

We are living through a mental health crisis. Existing treatments barely scratch the surface of the problem, and have not translated into real world benefit for a huge number of people. An estimated 1 ...

This week Volteface examines the emerging and seemingly booming CBD industry. In this piece we had the opportunity to discuss the topic with Paul Moore, patient advocate and Chief Executive Officer at ...

The introduction of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 made the possession, cultivation and sale of magical mushrooms illegal in the UK. Moreover, psilocybin (the active psychotropic in magic mushrooms) is ...

Recent research by Lindsey Metcalf McGrath and Helen Beckett Wilson shines a light on the lived experiences of UK cannabis patients, revealing a stark disconnect between legal prescriptions and the ...

Welcome back to our second edition of the viewership statistics breakdown with MedBud.wiki, taking a deeper look at UK medical cannabis data for June 2024. Like last month, we take a closer look at ...

Set to become the world’s largest legal cannabis market, Germany is one the main European countries pushing ahead with cannabis reform. Back in October 2022, leaked plans unveiled Germany’s intentions ...

We will ban nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, putting an end to litter and intimidation in our parks so people feel safer. There is no substantive evidence of links between nitrous oxide and ...

The incoming PM will have a host of drug policy issues that require his or her urgent attention, from ending the drug death epidemic, to expanding access to cannabis based medicines on the NHS beyond ...

In June 2022, Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize cannabis after the Thai Food and Drug Administration removed all parts of the plant from the national narcotics list.

Germany has taken a groundbreaking step in cannabis reform with the launch of its cannabis pilot programme under the Cannabis Control Act (CanG). This initiative, which integrates research, regulation ...