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With speculation mounting over Britain's next leader, reform advocates are asking whether a Burnham premiership could finally move cannabis policy beyond the Westminster stalemate — despite his past caution.
UK clinic Releaf has registered as a fully integrated GP practice, allowing it to prescribe standard BNF medicines for the significant share of patients who complete triage but are not eligible for medical cannabis.
A fortified Mansfield warehouse containing nearly 5,000 cannabis plants has led to prison sentences of up to three years for six men, in what Nottinghamshire Police call their biggest haul on record.
Officers uncovered two residential cannabis grows in Alvaston and Linton within the same day, seizing more than 200 plants and making one arrest following community-led intelligence.
Imports of medical cannabis and the number of products available to UK patients both doubled in 2025, as Prohibition Partners forecasts more than 140,000 private prescriptions by the end of 2026.
Border Force has seized 12 tonnes of cannabis hidden in two shipping containers from Canada at Southampton Port — the largest cannabis haul in the agency's history, with an estimated street value of £139 million.
An international review in Lancet Psychiatry finds decriminalisation and strict regulation do not appear to increase cannabis use — but for-profit commercial sales are linked to higher usage, potency and mental health harms.
Peel NRE has withdrawn plans for a major medicinal cannabis cultivation and research campus near Cooil Road, in a setback for the Isle of Man's bid to build a regulated cannabis industry.
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Imports of medical cannabis and the number of products available to UK patients both doubled in 2025, as Prohibition Partners forecasts more than 140,000 private prescriptions by the end of 2026.
Peel NRE has withdrawn plans for a major medicinal cannabis cultivation and research campus near Cooil Road, in a setback for the Isle of Man's bid to build a regulated cannabis industry.
From Antigua to Jamaica, licensed Caribbean cultivators are building medicinal markets at home while lobbying for lighter regulation and a path to legal exports — even as illicit supply still dominates.
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With speculation mounting over Britain's next leader, reform advocates are asking whether a Burnham premiership could finally move cannabis policy beyond the Westminster stalemate — despite his past caution.
A fortified Mansfield warehouse containing nearly 5,000 cannabis plants has led to prison sentences of up to three years for six men, in what Nottinghamshire Police call their biggest haul on record.
Officers uncovered two residential cannabis grows in Alvaston and Linton within the same day, seizing more than 200 plants and making one arrest following community-led intelligence.
