Friday, 20 October 2017
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
UK-Metropolitan Police officer sacked for cannabis use
Metropolitan Police officer sacked for cannabis use
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/metropolitan-police-officer-sacked-for-cannabis-use-a3600526.html
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after testing positive for cannabis use.
PC Lee Colbridge, of the Central North Command Unit, was found guilty of gross misconduct at a special hearing on Monday.
The panel heard how Colbridge was found to be three times over the European standard for safe workplace levels when tested in November.
The officer had not come forward about his use of the class B drug until he was about to be tested.
The hearing concluded he was unfit to work and the appropriate sanction was “dismissal without notice”.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said: “We set a high standard for integrity to both secure public confidence and to ensure officers are able to play their part in the criminal justice system as witnesses of truth.
“I also note we have a substance misuse policy that recognises welfare issues and supports self-disclosers.
The officer did not self-disclose until he was about to be tested."
He added: “The breach of standards is so serious he cannot remain an officer despite his good history.”
Monday, 12 June 2017
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Saturday, 13 May 2017
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Monday, 27 March 2017
Distraught mother on This Morning desperate to give her 5-year-old CANNABIS: 'He deserves to have a life'
Hannah Deacon urged the government to legalise cannabis in the UK to help treat her desperately ill son
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/what-lose-hes-dying-anyway-10107334
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Friday, 10 March 2017
Epilepsy patients could use WEED to effectively manage their condition, study finds (Poll at source)
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/epilepsy-patients-could-use-weed-10002075
Epilepsy patients could use WEED to effectively manage their condition, study finds
Survey results have shown that cannabis can be an effective way for some people to manage epilepsy
ByJeff Parsons
Epilepsy patients could use WEED to effectively manage their condition, study finds
Survey results have shown that cannabis can be an effective way for some people to manage epilepsy
ByJeff Parsons
12:46, 10 MAR 2017
A nationwide survey of Australians has revealed that people suffering from epilepsy are able to control it with WEED .
Cannabis helped 14% of respondents manage their condition and dealing with seizures.
The Epilepsy Action Australia study, in partnership with the Lambert Initiative at the University of Sydney, looked at the effects of the drug on 976 people.
They were asked to self-report on any perceived effects .
Many of those that responded cited "more favourable" side-effects of using cannabis compared with standard anti-epileptic drugs.
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“Despite the limitations of a retrospective online survey, we cannot ignore that a significant proportion of adults and children with epilepsy are using cannabis-based products in Australia, and many are self-reporting considerable benefits to their condition,” said Anastatsia Suraeve from the Lambert Initiative.
Results of the study were published in the journal Epilepsy & Behaviour.
“More systematic clinical studies are urgently needed to help us better understand the role of cannabinoids in epilepsy,” Suraeve said.
The medicinal uses of cannabis have also been studied here in the UK.
Cannabis helped 14% of respondents manage their condition and dealing with seizures.
The Epilepsy Action Australia study, in partnership with the Lambert Initiative at the University of Sydney, looked at the effects of the drug on 976 people.
They were asked to self-report on any perceived effects .
Many of those that responded cited "more favourable" side-effects of using cannabis compared with standard anti-epileptic drugs.
MDMA to be made LEGAL by 2021? Authorities approve ecstasy clinical trials for the first time
“Despite the limitations of a retrospective online survey, we cannot ignore that a significant proportion of adults and children with epilepsy are using cannabis-based products in Australia, and many are self-reporting considerable benefits to their condition,” said Anastatsia Suraeve from the Lambert Initiative.
Results of the study were published in the journal Epilepsy & Behaviour.
“More systematic clinical studies are urgently needed to help us better understand the role of cannabinoids in epilepsy,” Suraeve said.
The medicinal uses of cannabis have also been studied here in the UK.
The
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said
cannabis-based ingredient cannabidiol - also known as CBD - is an
effective medicine in calming people down.
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