By Matt Aldridge I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (type 2), and I regularly use cannabis. I find it really useful both as an anti-depressant and as a mood stabilizer, consuming cannabis helps me to feel calm, relaxed and balanced. It gives me inspiration and motivation and overall gives me better cognitive functioning (a […]
By Clark French THE UKCSC (United Kingdom Cannabis Social Club) movement has taken off in the last few months. The Berkshire Cannabis Community leading the way, after two successful meetings we are really excited to be holding our third with legendary cannabis activist Free Rob Cannabis giving his exciting story of his activism over the […]
By Clark French Here in the UK, we seem to be very behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to the level to which cannabis has become accepted, not just as a recreational past time, but as a safe and effective treatment for a whole range of serious illnesses. It would be much quicker to […]
By Richard Shrubb In an ideal world, on the 20th March 2012 the Daily Mail should have raved CANNABIS TREATS SCHIZOPHRENIA. It didn’t. We know that the Daily Mail believes cannabis is worse than heroin and has no therapeutic benefits whatsoever! On that day a study was published in The Journal of Translational Psychiatry that […]
By Des Humphrey Sun is shining, the weather is sweet yeah, make you wanna move your dancing feet now” – Bob Marley I felt similarly the morning I got ready for my journey to Bath and Bristol. I felt a glow throughout my body, a buzz in the air. First stop: Cardiff, to pick up […]
Press Release 28/08/2012 NORML UK call on the British government to introduce a regulated cannabis market, following a New Zealand study which found that young people who smoke cannabis risk a significant and irreversible reduction in IQ. An international team found that those who started using cannabis heavily below the age of 18 - while […]
By Des Humphrey I am not about to tell you all how to suck eggs here, but when I recently asked a number of cannabis consumers if they knew the difference between the types of cannabis that are out there today, 80% of them did not have a clue. Many British cannabis consumers think there […]
A NORML UK member shares her experiences using cannabis to treat severe adult ADHD I’d like to tell you a little about what it feels like to live with ADHD on a daily basis, and how cannabis helps me cope with my symptoms. I’ve also developed a significant anxiety disorder as well, which is a […]
Russell Brand says abstinence-only programmes are the only way to deal with addiction.
By Richard Shrubb NORML recently posted a link to a blog on Facebook. The blog in question suggested that cannabis can be beneficial to bipolar disorder. On one line of thinking this is very interesting – cannabis is a nice sedative, and I have seen studies that show it can actually be good at treating […]