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An exclusive look inside the UK's legal medical cannabis farm

25 July 2018

As the row over medical cannabis usage in the UK continues, Amy Fleming visits the only people in the country with a licence to grow marijuana

Medical cannabis: What you really need to know

18 July 2018

The UK looks set to become the latest place to legalise medical cannabis. But with its use sweeping the world, many questions remain about what it does and how

First cannabis-based drug approved in the US to treat epilepsy

26 June 2018

Epidiolex has become the first drug derived from marijuana to win FDA approval in the US, and will be used to treat two forms of childhood epilepsy

Cannabis oil: what is it and does it really work as medicine?

22 June 2018

The UK government is reviewing medicinal cannabis after two boys with severe epilepsy were withheld cannabis oil treatments. Here's everything you need to know

High times: The Victorian doctor who promoted medical marijuana

2 May 2018

Thanks to one man's researches, cannabis was drug of choice for ailments from migraine to epilepsy – until an unexpected twist led to its downfall

Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

13 February 2018

The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north

A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

2 February 2018

I'm pregnant and sick of confusing advice about whether painkillers can harm developing fetuses - what should women like me do?

Medical cannabis vendors must stop making bogus health claims

10 November 2017

There are enough real benefits of medical marijuana, so why are people making them up? It’s time to stop overhyping what weed can do

Opioid crisis: Trump suggests telling young people drugs are bad

27 October 2017

Trump has declared the US opioid crisis a national public health emergency. He thinks telling young people that it’s “really easy not to take them” will help

Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

18 August 2017

Doing science with psychedelics has unique challenges, but the rewards could be mind-blowing. New Scientist looks at the state of play as things begin to ramp up