Cannabis as Medicine

In 2020, New Zealand held the world’s first national referendum on recreational cannabis legalisation. Fifty-one percent voted against it. The public considered the question directly and said no. That same year, the New Zealand Medicinal’s Cannabis Scheme came into effect. Its architects described it as “a bill about cultivation, cannabidiol and compassion.” It would provide

Millions of people with chronic knee pain have hoped that cannabis and opioids for pain might work better together. A new clinical trial published in Anesthesiology has challenged that idea. The research found no meaningful benefit from combining the two drugs. In some cases, the combination made things worse. What the Study Found About Cannabis and Opioids

The Road Danger Nobody Is Talking About For decades, the conversation around drink driving has dominated road safety campaigns. But a quieter, equally deadly threat has taken root in the background, one that nobody can afford to ignore any longer. Drug impaired driving now claims hundreds of lives each year across the United States, and

Therapy, Not Tablets: The Real Picture of Cannabis Addiction Treatment The most comprehensive scientific review of its kind has found that no medication works for cannabis addiction treatment, while certain talking therapies offer more meaningful promise. The findings come from the journal Addiction, published in 2026, at a time when cannabis use disorder is rising worldwide

A sweeping new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry has reignited a long-running debate about medical cannabis for mental health conditions. The findings make for uncomfortable reading for a fast-growing private prescribing sector that has largely outpaced the science behind it. Researchers described this as the largest and most comprehensive review of its kind. They analysed

‘A large phase 3 trial in Nature Medicine has delivered a ‘stronger’ clinical signal that a proprietary cannabis extract, VER-01, can modestly reduce chronic low back pain – but the effect is small, side effects are common, and broader evidence from other pain conditions remains weak and inconsistent. Experts say the findings should temper rather than fuel

The conversation around cannabis has shifted dramatically over the past decade. As legalisation sweeps across nations and the substance becomes increasingly normalised, a troubling pattern has emerged in medical research that demands urgent attention. The link between cannabis and heart attack risk has become undeniable, with young, seemingly healthy adults experiencing cardiac events at rates