Alcohol and tobacco use carries significant health risks but they’re legalised – so why not cannabis? Despite the concerns, decriminalising cannabis could have public health benefits.
- Professor in Criminology, Loughborough University
The recent review found that both high and low frequency cannabis users were six times more likely to develop schizophrenia.
Cannabis users seeking treatment in the UK is rising, especially among women and older smokers. But treatment services are sorely lacking.
Budget cuts have consequences.
Smoking cannabis can cause addition, impaired memory and even psychosis.
Drug use is down – but that’s a long way from the whole story.
The current scheduling of cannabis is not only out of step with the available evidence but is restricting its potential use as a medicine.
Opiates have emerged as a significant threat to public health in the UK.
147m people used the drug last year. We need to know much more about it.
The UK may have signed the UN drugs convention – with its emphasis on prohibition – but that doesn’t mean it can’t legalise the drug.
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