Medical cannabis could nip Britain’s growing opioid crisis in the bud The United States is suffering from an epidemic that is estimated to have claimed 400,000 lives. In what is now known as the opioid crisis, drug manufacturers have been raking in huge profits over the past two decades by mass prescribing a diverse class of addictive painkillers known as opioids. Now, about 130 people in [...]
Japan’s conservative attitude to cannabis is softening The tale of the cannabis comeback is taking place in Japan Cannabis has long been part of traditional medicine in Asia. In Japan, the earliest traces can be found as far back as 8,000 BC – this may be the earliest ever recorded. It is only since the mid-twentieth century that usage has become heavily restricted, due to changing western opinions and the enforcement of UN [...]
