Talk:Cannabis in the United Kingdom

Seeds

What about the seeds? They can be sold through the post, so are they legal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.139.126 (talk) 15:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Sources to help improve this article

• Big rise in cannabis 'factories' (BBC)
• The medicinal use of cannabis in the UK: results of a nationwide survey
• Heavy cannabis use among UK teenagers: an exploration
• homeoffice.gov.uk: description of cannabis laws and reclassification

Sancho 00:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Here's another good one: http://www.idmu.co.uk/cannabis-use-in-britain.htm (if not on it's own, it links to tons of others). Sancho 00:42, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I think it would be easier to expand if we included all aspects of cannabis use in this article, including industrial hemp, medical uses, as well as the legal position. I can then transfer some of the information I placed on List of British politicians who admit to cannabis use to here (once the threat of deletion has been removed). If the article then becomes too big, we can divide it up like the US articles.--Aspro (talk) 18:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Mental Health Dangers of Cannabis use

Why does the article make no reference to the growing concern about the mental health risks of cannabis? The work of Robin Murray, of London's Maudsley Hospital, should surely at least be mentioned. If the claims of the 'medical cannabis' lobby can be repeated here, when few serious doctors support them, why not the very serious concerns of the distinguished Professor Murray? Peter Hitchens, logged in as Clockback (talk) 16:30, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

The article is still very much work in progress. However, there appear to me to be no claims from the medical 'lobby' that I can see here. Moreover, the risk/benefit health considerations tend to be independent (unless you know something that I don't) of geographical location. For instance: With alcohol there would be -one expects- an increased incidence of death from cold exposure when consuming alcohol in colder climates and dangerous dehydration and/or heat stroke in hotter climes but this dose not appear to be so for cannabis. Therefore, those things rightfully belong in other articles and not in a UK orientated article such as this. --Aspro (talk) 17:49, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Issues with this article

This article needs rewriting as it looks to the casual user as a page the promotes use of Cannabis and contains too much information about how to buy the drug and the sizes its sold in.C. 22468 Talk to me 17:53, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Cannabis v Hemp

Concerned with the implication that "cannabis" was common in Britain. Hemp, used for ropes and sackcloth, is low in cannabinoids. The word cannabis was unknown historically, being a modern term exclusively describing plant products processed for narcotic use. This article seems to be using weasel words to imply that use of cannabis was normal throughout British history, which it was not.Gymnophoria (talk) 12:13, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The section titled "Cannabis' enduring legacy on British culture" is a joke, full of unsourced weasel-words. Can we not get rid of it?Stealstrash (talk) 04:53, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

NOTE: Cannabis is the Botanical name for this plant. It is certainly not in either the practical nor the legal sense, exclusively used for the high THC cultivators. Hence this article's name--Aspro (talk) 22:41, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Side Effects, definition of many, cite.

"(Which has many side effects)" - I think there should be a sensible discussion about what many side effects looks like and means; and what the person who inserted that was thinking at the time. Has anybody ever looked at, for example, other pain relieving medications that are generally recognised as safe for comparison, like say, I don't know; ibuprofen? IMHO the statement shouldn't be there, it's for professionals to decide what many side effects looks like; there's side effects (that fwiw are similar) to cannabis use too.

https://www.drugs.com/sfx/ibuprofen-side-effects.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Streaky (talk • contribs) 19:29, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Major cleanup late 2016

Just for later reference, I'm noting here that I did an extensive cleanup of this article in late 2016, including removing an unencyclopedic section on prices, removing unsourced content, and adding a lot of historical information about how cannabis (as a drug) arose in the UK and its early prohibition. Hopefully this helps set the article on the right track for further development. Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Sympathy from the US for our uk friends.

im sorry, keep your head up, it'll all be ok. 2604:2D80:DF83:3900:55FB:C221:CDA3:BEA (talk) 18:37, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

cannabs is alegl in the uk is a class b drug you can have up to 14 years in prison and a finee 188.164.230.90 (talk) 12:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)