Should recreational cannabis be legalised in the UK?

Demonising cannabis has not reduced harms and has kept the drug from patients who might benefit from it, say <b>David Nutt</b> and <b>Lucy Stafford</b> in this 2024 Maudsley debate. But <b>Laura Stack</b> and <b>Robin Murray</b> argue that legalisation in other countries has opened people up to more harms and that scientific evidence is still accumulating

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BMJ
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2024-10-16
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1702
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Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
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Should recreational cannabis be legalised in the UK?

David Nutt, Laura Stack, Robin M. Murray, Lucy Stafford
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Should recreational cannabis be legalised in the UK?

David Nutt, Laura Stack, Robin M. Murray, Lucy Stafford
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Abstract

Demonising cannabis has not reduced harms and has kept the drug from patients who might benefit from it, say <b>David Nutt</b> and <b>Lucy Stafford</b> in this 2024 Maudsley debate. But <b>Laura Stack</b> and <b>Robin Murray</b> argue that legalisation in other countries has opened people up to more harms and that scientific evidence is still accumulating

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King's College London (GB), Imperial College London (GB)
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