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London Cannabis Film Festival 2019

On Sunday 28th July 2019 The London Cannabis Film Festival took place at Rich Mix cinema in Hackney, London.

This event put on 5 screenings throughout the day and included a number of talks and panels for guests to watch and interact with.

Medical Marijuana vs The Opioid Epidemic

With the opioid epidemic spreading like cancer, researchers are on a constant hunt, looking for safer alternatives for pain management. One such questionable alternative is cannabis. The therapeutic use of cannabis has puzzled many scientists over the years and yet it continues to serve as an effective alternative to opioids.

Today we are asking: Could medical cannabis effectively contain the opioid epidemic? Why is the demand for medical cannabis at an all-time high? Let's throw some light on the much-debated topic: Marijuana Vs Opioid Epidemic.

MS patient prescribed medical cannabis in the UK

In the past couple of days, something amazing has happened. UK Veteran cannabis campaigner Lezley Gibson, MS Sufferer and activist who has been campaigning for cannabis for over 30 years, received her first delivery of legal medical cannabis to her home in the UK on 10th April 2019 - and yes, it was in its herbal form.

Read on for more details on this incredible update...

Clearing up the myth that cannabis extract is a Class A drug in the United Kingdom

It was recently brought to our attention, not once, not twice, but three times that soe people are under the impression that both cannabis oil and extract is a class A drug in the United Kingdom. This is categorically incorrect.

The extract of cannabis is something which has gained a lot of press recently due to cannabis oil being used by cancer sufferers and extracts and flowers being used by hundreds of thousands of medical cannabis patients worldwide. However, cannabis extract is nothing new (although widespread recreational and even medical use of it is).

Official Cheese Tester for Aztech Genetics

We were asked to test 5 phenos of cheese for Aztech Genetics to pick our favourites from two categories - autoflowering and photo period.

The bags of cheese were marked A, B, X, Y & Z, with no more info given. We were also given an "official cheese tester '18" wooden cheeseboard along with the samples.

A & B were autoflowering, and X, Y & Z were photo period. Overall my favourites were...

Progress On Cannabis Legalisation in Australia

Australia’s political and legal systems are very similar to, and in fact, often inspired by, UK equivalents.

Just as in the UK, Australia has a department responsible for licensing drugs and other patient treatments, before they are prescribed by Doctors. In the UK, the relevant regulatory body is called the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). In Australia, the function is performed by a body known as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA.)

The TGA decriminalised the supply and use of medical marijuana by Australians in 2016. However, just as in the UK, for now, recreational cannabis is still prohibited across the country.

Grafting Cannabis: Multiple Strains on One Plant

Grafting in the gardening sense simply means taking a donor cutting (branch) from one plant, which is called a Scion. Then attaching this donor limb/Scion to another plant known as the Rootstock.

This is an old practice within the flower and fruiting worlds, yet it seems like an overlooked skill within our community. Odd, especially when you consider some of the most common issues faced by the smaller non-commercial growers. Things such as enforced plant number limitations, or the simple but ever common space restrictions that we all seem to face at one time or another. So in theory utilizing the Grafting technique, we gain the ability to have multiple strains growing off the one mother plant. This, of course, opens up the grower’s world to more choices strain wise, whilst also keeping your plant numbers under any required levels.  Â