About this episode

The episode discusses recent cannabis and drug policy developments, including Ireland's decriminalisation recommendation and critiques of the NHS and DEA.

This week on High on Home Grown, we cover some of the biggest cannabis and drug policy stories from around the world, along with a brutally honest review of UK medical cannabis. Macky: Sent in by Lob Barmey: Irish committee recommends decriminalisation of all drug possession for personal use - BBC News Smee: Father says NHS approval of cannabis based-medicine for epilepsy is 'nothing special' | LBC Dr.Margaret: DEA's youMarijuana Rescheduling Hearing Includes The Wrong Voices (Op-Ed) Billy: Will be doing a news report on ‘Medical Cannabis’ and a strain review with a rant about how fucking shit it is. (possible foul language) Big Narstie Medical AM T23 Ammy Medical Cannabis Flower • 🇬🇧 MedBud® UK John: Massachusetts may become first state to reverse marijuana laws | The Independent In this week's discussion, we examine Ireland's recommendation to decriminalise possession of all drugs for personal use and what this could mean for future drug policy across Europe. We also discuss a father's frustration with the NHS approval process for cannabis-based epilepsy medicine and whether current access is meeting the needs of patients. Dr. Margaret looks at criticism surrounding the DEA's…

People in this episode

Host: Macky

Topics covered

• drug decriminalisation
• NHS epilepsy debate
• DEA rescheduling criticism
• medical cannabis review
• cannabis legalization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS, BBC News, LBC, The Independent

Products: Medical Cannabis, T23 Ammy Medical Cannabis Flower

Places: Ireland, Massachusetts

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