Medical Cannabis Project UK
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UK academic research on experiences of people who need cannabis medicine. Dr Lindsey Metcalf McGrath & Dr Helen Beckett Wilson, LJMU @medcanproject.bsky.social
Liverpool, England
Joined October 2021
We are getting set up on BlueSky @medcanproject.bsky.social. Come & say hi 👋 . #medcan #medicalcannabis #research #drugpolicy #socsci #cannabis.
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Thank you so much to all our research participants in the current study, for sharing your stories of self-medicating. We are off to analyse the data… in the longer term we will post updates to our new social media home & also to our link tree.
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Academic research - The experiences of people needing cannabis medicine
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Stay in touch! .All our links, papers and OTHER social media homes are on our linktree -
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Academic research - The experiences of people needing cannabis medicine
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…and our 2023 paper also free to download #mcaw2024 “It's a big added stress on top of being so ill”: The challenges facin.
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Our research paper is on the ‘most read’ list for Critical Social Policy. #MCAW2024 . Stigmatised and stressed: UK cannabis patients living in the context of prohibition - Lindsey Metcalf McGrath, Helen Beckett Wilson, 2024
journals.sagepub.com
UK cannabis patients occupy a complex policy space in which prescribing has been lawful since 2018, but the drug remains otherwise illegal. This article draws o...
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RT @PatientsCannUK: Medical Cannabis Has Been Legal For 6 Years!. Only a few days to go and we're ready for #MCAW .(1st - 7th Nov). Will yo….
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Details of upcoming events for Medical Cannabis Awareness Week #mcaw2024.
Medical Cannabis Awareness Week (1-7 November), started by PLEA in 2020, brings advocates to UK cities to educate on legal cannabis medicines. Events will share stories to highlight medical cannabis benefits. Read below for the ful story 👇.
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RT @BofC_Europe: Six years post-legalisation in the UK, private medical cannabis prescriptions rose 118% between 2021 and 2023. Despite 35,….
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RT @MedBudUK: 🎓 "Drug policy experts are calling for national education [programmes] to tackle the lack of awareness and ‘stigmatising atti….
cannabishealthnews.co.uk
A new paper highlights how current policies, and a lack of training for professionals, are contributing to a range of harms.
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Our research findings and policy recommendations highlighted in this article by @VoltefaceHub on the “hidden harms” faced by cannabis patients.
🧵1/ Cannabis has been legal for medical use in the UK since 2018, but patients still face stigma. A new study explores how prohibitionist attitudes persist. 👇.
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Coverage of our new paper & research findings in @CannabisHnews today.
A new paper by @MedCanProject highlights how current policies, and a lack of training for professionals, are contributing to 'stigmatising attitudes' and 'inequalities' among medical cannabis patients in the UK.
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Thanks @Release_drugs for sharing some of our research findings. Anyone interested in the study can find more info, publications & short animated film in link in our bio @ljmu.
An interesting study from @LJMU highlights that medical cannabis patients' experiences:. - lack of GP recognition that cannabis is legal.- Proper law implementation.- Prohibitionist stigma around cannabis, leading to inequality of access.
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RT @CriminologyUoM: @BuxtonJulia opens the European Society for Social Drug Research Conference in Manchester this morning. Chaired by form….
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RT @Release_drugs: Study opened in @LJMU on using medical cannabis without a prescription. More information below 👇..
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Our new publication, based on qualitative interviews with prescribed cannabis patients in the UK.
Advance article on open access: 'Stigmatised and stressed: UK cannabis patients living in the context of prohibition' by Lindsey Metcalf McGrath and Helen Beckett Wilson.
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New journal article published this week. Huge thanks again to all of our research participants for giving their time and sharing their experiences as prescribed cannabis patients
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UK cannabis patients occupy a complex policy space in which prescribing has been lawful since 2018, but the drug remains otherwise illegal. This article draws o...
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Our new research paper published in @criticalsocpol based on our study of prescribed cannabis patients (and their carers/parents). Free to download. #medicalcannabis #cannabis #socsci #qualitativeresearch #drugpolicy #patients #stigma #resistence.
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UK cannabis patients occupy a complex policy space in which prescribing has been lawful since 2018, but the drug remains otherwise illegal. This article draws o...
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Excited to be sharing this at the #POPSConf24 event today…. "It's a big added stress on top of being so ill": Challenges for UK cann. via @YouTube.
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