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Liam O'Dowd
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Liam is leafie's editor. His love affair with CBD started when he suggested it to a family member to help with an illness. Curious, he couldn't wait to try it himself and found its anti-inflammatory properties to be a godsend.
Italy to allow 4 homegrown cannabis plants
Italy is set to allow the small-scale cultivation of up to 4 cannabis plants at home, after a reform was approved by the Lower House’s justice committee on Wednesday. According…
One in five people caring for a child with autism administer CBD
A survey sent to over 160,000 readers of Autism Parenting Magazine (APM) has found that almost one in five parents or caregivers give their child CBD. A total of 73% of…
Drug charity calls on students to ‘end the stigma’ around medical cannabis
The UK’s leading drug policy charity has launched a campaign to raise awareness about medical cannabis amongst students. The campaign by Drug Science aims to educate young people about the…
Ketamine to be studied as treatment for gambling addiction
Awakn Life Sciences is set to launch a ‘first of its kind’ human study in the UK to explore if ketamine can be used to treat gambling addiction. Gambling is…
Study finds low doses of ‘full-spectrum’ CBD work thanks to the entourage effect
Pharmacologists at the University of Sydney have found that full-spectrum cannabis extracts deliver high concentrations of cannabinoid acids in mice due to a ‘pharmacokinetic entourage’ mechanism, even at relatively low…
