A new study revealed that there was “moderate-quality evidence” to support the use of cannabinoid compounds for the treatment of chronic pain and spasticity. The same report also found that there was “lower-quality evidence” suggesting that cannabinoids were associated with improvements in nausea and vomiting chemotherapy, sleep disorders and Tourette syndrome.

Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a peer-reviewed medical produced by the American Medical Association (AMA), the analysis reviewed 79 trials that fit the criteria for assessment. These studies included 6,462 participants.

Equipment found in Middlesbrough could have set house on fire, police say :: 269 plants found, man has appeared in court

Cannabis growing equipment found by police was so hot it almost set a house on fire.

Cleveland Police are now warning of the dangers associated with cultivating the drug, after a cannabis farm was raided on Tuesday.

Officers discovered a transformer used to on drug-growing equipment burning through wood at a property on Acton Street, central Middlesbrough.

Police found 269 plants inside the property, with a street value over £100,000.

A farmer has admitted growing cannabis plants worth £109,000 because "they made more money" than rearing chickens.

Edward James, 68, was found with hundreds of plants on his land at Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, Devon.

He told police growing the Class B drug was "more profitable than chickens", Exeter Crown Court heard.

Recorder Mr Rufus Taylor adjourned the case until 30 July, and ordered pre-sentence reports be prepared by the Probation Service.

Sean Brunton, prosecuting, said in light of James' guilty plea to producing cannabis, his not guilty plea to a second charge of possession with intent to supply had been accepted.

Gareth Evans, defending, said James is in poor health and has strong personal mitigation.

Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Norman Lamb has said that more than half of current government ministers “almost certainly” tried illegal drugs in their younger years.

Speaking at an event organised by the Institute of Public Policy Research thinktank on Wednesday evening, the MP for North Norfolk described the UK’s current drugs laws as pathetic and a “monumental failure of public policy”.

“We have the crazy situation that, almost certainly, more than half of this government – half of the government ministers in a Conservative government – will have taken drugs in their younger years,” said Lamb, a former care minister under the coalition government.

Scott Darroch was caught with 150 plants worth more than £20,000.

A WAR veteran suffering combat stress who was jailed for growing cannabis has had his three-year sentence cut after judges ruled it was excessive

Scott Darroch was caught with 150 plants worth more than £20,000 in his isolated farmhouse in Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, in April 2014.

In January, Sheriff Shirley Foran jailed the former Royal Engineer - who served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo - after he admitted producing and being concerned in supplying cannabis.

Kilmarnock Sheriff Court had heard Darroch, 42, suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and often checked streets for roadside bombs, believing he was still on active service.

ON THE surface at least, closing 'legal high' shops in Plymouth seems a victory for common sense.

The unregulated sale of 'new psychoactive substances', the long-term effects of which are largely unknown, is clearly a public health issue.

However, the proposed legislation to ban these substances – the Pyschoactive Substances Bill 2015 – highlights just how schizophrenic the UK's drug laws really are.

The Bill, currently being scrutinised by the House of Lords, defines a 'psychoactive substance' as anything capable of affecting a person's emotional state.

Plandaí Biotechnology, Inc. (OTCQB: PLPL) (“Plandaí” or “the Company”), producer of the highly bioavailable green tea extract, Phytofare® Catechin Complex, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with ProTec Nutra (“ProTec”), a leading supplier of high quality ingredients to the European food and nutraceutical industry, to become the official distributor of the Company’s Phytofare® Catechin Complex in the United Kingdom (UK). ProTec has placed its first order for Plandaí’s Phytofare® Catechin Complex to fill confirmed orders that ProTec has received from its client base in the UK.

Mild stimulant used to be Maua’s most valuable export, bringing prosperity to all involved. A year since it was outlawed, the local economy has been devastated

In a quiet and unassuming town tucked away in a hilly part of eastern Kenya, the British home secretary Theresa May’s name is spoken with barely concealed anger. Since her role in the ban of the town’s most valuable export, she’s become a universally vilified figure.

For more than two decades, Maua enjoyed booming business propelled by the growth and sale of khat, known locally as miraa, a popular herb whose leaves and stems are chewed for the mild high they offer.

Louise Bostock told doctors about using the perfectly legal oil - medics then informed police and the council and a safeguarding meeting was held

A mother says she was 'treated like a criminal' for giving her brain-damaged daughter cannabis oil to stop her having seizures.

Louise Bostock was threatened with having both her children taken away from her for using the perfectly legal oil to prevent violent epileptic fits.

Louise, aged 30, from Erdington, started using the oil to try helping three-year-old Jayla, reports the Birmingham Mail.

CANNABIS user David Parker grew more than 50 plants which he claimed he would have mixed with butter and eaten.

The 27-year-old claimed he grew the drug for pain relief, saying he would smoke some but turn the rest into 'cannabutter' to use when cooking.

Parker pleaded guilty to producing cannabis but denied he would have sold any of the drug. However, that was not accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service and a trial of issue was held at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court today.

The judge found the defendant would have sold some of the crop but accepted some was for personal use.

Police discovered the cannabis factory after raiding the defendant's home in Sutherland Road, Longton, on April 11 last year.