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What is Cannabis oil and can it be used as medicine? (BBC Focus)

August 22, 2018August 30, 2018 Tom Ireland

Following a series of high-profile legal cases involving parents using cannabis oil to treat their children’s epilepsy, and with shops like Holland & Barrett now selling ‘cannabis-based’ oil, I did a Q&A for BBC Focus to clarify what this product really is and whether using it as medicine is a good idea.

The new strain of cannabis that could help treat psychosis (The Observer)

November 16, 2014October 7, 2015 Tom Ireland

November 2014 // Although widely seen as a potential trigger for schizophrenia, marijuana also contains an ingredient that appears to have antipsychotic effects. Tom Ireland visits the UK’s only licensed cannabis farm and meets the man responsible for breeding a plant that might be of benefit to millionsRead More »

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