Interesting news from the UK govt on possibly re-classifying schedule 1 psychedelic drugs as schedule 2 for research purposes - would make research a lot easier! Full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmse…

***JOB OPPORTUNITY*** Interested in joining a new Policy Research Unit on Addictions? The first of FIVE posts is now open for applications. It's based at King's College London and focuses on nicotine/tobacco. But keep your eyes open... timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listin…

New open access AIM paper presenting the enhanced cannabis timeline followback (EC-TLFB), a comprehensive assessment of cannabis use, including standard THC units onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad… Psychology at Bath

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Cannabis remains the most common drug that <18 yr olds receive treatment for in the UK, with 87% of young people in treatment saying they have a problem with cannabis. 44% say they have a problem with alcohol (they can name up to 3 drugs). gov.uk/government/sta…

Apply for a fully funded #PhD to work with James Rucker and me Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience on the anxiolytic effects of CBMPs using experimental medicine and observational datasets maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/academic-caree…

Vote for my PhD student Misha's excellent 3-minute presentation here: pollev.com/doctoralstudies

New paper from our CannTeen project published by @RachelHLees95. Even after adjusting for amount of #THC consumed, adolescents had higher levels of #cannabis use disorder symptoms than adults. Over one year, both groups show reduced symptoms. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

McDonald et al. (n=11,000) show that #cannabis use during adolescence (12-19 yrs) is associated with development of a subsequent psychotic disorder (aHR=11) but this association is *not* seen for adult cannabis use (20-33 yrs). cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨🚨New paper day!🚨🚨 Acute effects of different types of cannabis on young adult and adolescent resting-state brain networks. nature.com/articles/s4138…

Work as an RA with Prof Ravi Das UCL CPU on his team's #DMT UNITy project - advert here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

I’ll soon be advertising for 2 x 12 M posts (PhD/experienced Masters level) for a feasibility study of an EB drug education/prevention intervention for older students. Must be able to start 1 Sept - please let PhD students/researchers know to keep an eye out on here or jobs ac uk

Was a pleasure to chair a symposium at BAP about #cannabis & #medicalcannabis. Drug development and patient registry data discussed by Mikael Sodergren, T21 patient data by Drug Science, appetite-enhancing effects Carl Roberts, and acute #THC and #CBD Martine Skumlien