A new study has questioned the use of ‘medicinal cannabis’ as an effective treatment for drug addiction and mental ill-health. Dr Jack Wilson, Research Fellow at The University of Sydney and lead author of the report, warned that “the routine use of medicinal cannabis could be doing more harm than good by worsening mental health outcomes”. In my view, the UK cannabis clinics operate as drug dealers for the middle class.”Earlier this year in Greater Manchester, HM Coroner Catherine McKenna concluded that medicinal cannabis contributed to the death of 34-year-old Oliver Robinson, a man with a history of mental ill-health. McKenna was satisfied that a private prescription for the drug by Curaleaf Clinic — which manufactures and distributes medicinal cannabis — played a part in his suicide. The case is thought to be the first in which a prescription of medicinal cannabis has been found to contribute to a death.

Source: The Guardian March 20, 2026 16:32 UTC