5/ 📰Read the full story by Sarah Sinclair 👉 femtechworld.co.uk/news/breast-de…

The law changed 6 yrs ago today to help patients like Alfie access medical cannabis on prescription. To date only 3 prescriptions have been issued to children via NHS. This is shameful. The policy introduced by the previous Government has failed to help patients.Wes Streeting

UK medical cannabis in numbers: - 6 years legal - 5 NHS prescriptions - 300,000+ private prescriptions (21-23) - 50 children prescribed privately - Costing £2k+ per month - 35,000 children with uncontrolled seizures - 0 of these children have benefited from the law change

For Stylist Magazine I had the opportunity to try MYndspan to find out how healthy my brain is (pleased to report I'm only 26 according to my 'functional' brain age 🤯) and there's some v interesting science behind it Thank you Miranda Larbi 🌍 for the fascinating commission!

As someone who also edited a cannabis magazine for several years Robert Veverka's story felt very close to home. I'm grateful to him for speaking to me at length about his experience for Filter | harm reduction journalism and to Will Godfrey for the commission and recognising its importance.

I recently had the opportunity to visit Dalgety's UK medical cannabis cultivation facility. My full report, as well as a deep dive into the UK industry— and the growing economic argument for regulation of non-medical adult use— is up now on Forbes. forbes.com/sites/sarahsin…

"Germany has the chance to lead—but only if legislators follow the facts, not the fear.” Decriminalization "is working," but cannabis clubs are hard to roll out & a new goverment puts the legal-sales phase in doubt, German experts tell Sarah Sinclair: filtermag.org/german-cannabi…

Scientists are sending cannabis seeds to space... but it's not a gimmick, or a quest for an otherworldly high... For WIRED I speak to the team behind the Martian Grow project to find out why they think cannabis could be a celestial super crop. wired.com/story/scientis…

“This is for the pursuit of better mental health and well-being for millions.” European momentum includes new psilocybin access program in Germany, UK easing research barriers & impending Czech legalization of psilocybin therapy, reports Sarah Sinclair: filtermag.org/europeaccess-p…