The Evidence Base for the Classification of Drugs

As part of its evaluation of Britain’s system for classifying illicit drugs, Parliament commissioned the European branch of RAND Corporation, one of the world’s most respected think-tanks, to study the evidence underlying the classification of several...
Cannabis Treatment: Dependency and Withdrawal

Cannabis Treatment: Dependency and Withdrawal

According to historical and modern case reports cannabis is a good remedy to combat withdrawal in dependency on benzodiazepines, opiates and alcohol. For this reason, some have referred to it as a gateway drug back. In this context, both the reduction of physical...