Cannabis use in adolescence linked to depression in young adulthood Adolescent cannabis users are over three times more likely to attempt suicide in young adulthood, according to the authors of a review published in JAMA Psychiatry.…
Cost of prescriptions dispensed in community falls for third year running The cost of prescriptions dispensed in the community in England has decreased by nearly 4%, which represents the largest fall in three years, according to figures published by NHS Digital.…
Medical cannabis industry should be told to provide evidence if it wants products prescribed, MPs hear Evidence for the prescribing of medical cannabis is lacking, Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England, has told MPs.…
Support Jersey’s GPs to prescribe medical cannabis, deputy says The Jersey government should support doctors on the island to prescribe medical cannabis, a member of the States Assembly of Jersey has said.…
Pharmacists should be more involved in managing prescription-only medicine dependency, Welsh Assembly says NHS Wales should make better use of pharmacists’ expertise in supporting patients who become dependent on prescription medicines, a committee that advises the Welsh Assembly has said.…
Government investigation finds crack cocaine use increases by 8.5% in five years The number of people using crack cocaine has increased by 8.5% in the past five years, according to the latest data from a Home Office and Public Health England investigation.…
NHS medical cannabis prescribing data unlikely to be published soon It is unlikely that figures on NHS England prescriptions for medical cannabis will be published by the end of March 2019, despite ministerial assurances that they would, The Pharmaceutical Journal has been told.…
Medical Cannabis Clinicians’ Society publishes guidance for prescribers Guidance for the prescription of medical cannabis has been issued by the by the Medical Cannabis Clinicians’ Society and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Medical Cannabis under Prescription.…
Daily use of high-potency cannabis increases risk of psychosis by four times, study finds Use of high-potency cannabis on a daily basis increases the risk of psychosis by four times, and in some cities the risk is more than nine times higher, according to a study published in The Lancet on 19 March 2019.…
Why patients are still being denied legalised medical cannabis Hospital trust bureaucracy and doctors’ ignorance are to blame for the lack of prescriptions for medical cannabis being issued on the NHS, despite its reclassification for medical use in November 2018.…