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Medical Cannabis Project UK
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Medical Cannabis Project UK
@MedCanProject
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 Katılım Ekim 2021
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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. linktr.ee/medcanproject
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Stay in touch!
All our links, papers and OTHER social media homes are on our linktree - linktr.ee/medcanproject?…
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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... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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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/doi/10.1177/02…
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Medical Cannabis Awareness Week starts today. Resharing our short animation "It's a big added stress on top of being so ill": Challenges for UK cann... youtu.be/PR5SoCbV26A?si… via @YouTube #mcaw2024
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Medical Cannabis Project UK retweetledi
Medical Cannabis Has Been Legal For 6 Years!
Only a few days to go and we're ready for #MCAW
(1st - 7th Nov)
Will you be joining us?
Reach out to get involved - volunteer@patientscann.org.uk or drop us a DM
#MedicalCannabis #MCAW2024 #1MillionPatients
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Details of upcoming events for Medical Cannabis Awareness Week #mcaw2024
CannabisHealth@CannabisHnews
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 👇 eu1.hubs.ly/H0dngDT0
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Six years post-legalisation in the UK, private medical cannabis prescriptions rose 118% between 2021 and 2023. Despite 35,000 prescriptions, awareness among healthcare professionals and the public is limited, and a major knowledge gap persists.@releaf_uk
eu1.hubs.ly/H0dgYFw0
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@MedBudUK @LJMU Thanks so much for sharing. The original research is also freely available to download & read at doi.org/10.1177/026101… @ccse_ljmu @apss_research
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@CannabisHnews @LJMU @LJMU_Health Apologies for not properly crediting/tagging this earlier: x.com/MedCanProject/…
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Coverage of our new paper & research findings in @CannabisHnews today
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🎓 "Drug policy experts are calling for national education [programmes] to tackle the lack of awareness and ‘stigmatising attitudes’ towards #MedicalCannabis patients."
@CannabisHNews @LJMU @LJMU_Health
cannabishealthnews.co.uk/2024/10/01/nat…
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Our research findings and policy recommendations highlighted in this article by @VoltefaceHub on the “hidden harms” faced by cannabis patients
Volteface@VoltefaceHub
🧵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. 👇 volteface.me/stigma-and-ine…
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Coverage of our new paper & research findings in @CannabisHnews today
CannabisHealth@CannabisHnews
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. eu1.hubs.ly/H0cKV_X0
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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
Release Drugs - @releasedrugs.bsky.social@Release_drugs
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 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…
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@BuxtonJulia opens the European Society for Social Drug Research Conference in Manchester this morning. Chaired by former Crim PGR student Mike Salinas-Edwards. Brilliant and energetic start to the day! #ESSDR2024
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@ESSD_research Our 3 min animation on YouTube summarises the research findings youtu.be/PR5SoCbV26A?si… #ESSD2024
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Study opened in @LJMU on using medical cannabis without a prescription.
More information below 👇
ljmu.ac.uk/research/resea…
For info on medical cann campaigning and legal defense:
release.org.uk/medical-cannab…
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@Release_drugs @LJMU Many thanks for sharing our call for research participants 👍
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