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May 19, 2021
Initial findings show medical cannabis improves quality of life by more than 50%
Preliminary results from Drug Science’s Project Twenty21 study show medical cannabis improves quality of life by more than 50%. Under the...
May 18, 2021
96% response rate for epileptic children treated with medical cannabis shows new research
The analysis by Drug Science demonstrated that cannabis-based medications are safe, and were a child prescribed them, they would have a...
May 16, 2021
Maple Tree joins sector leaders as part of the Cannabis Industry Council
Maple Tree Consultants is pleased to announce its membership of the recently formed Cannabis Industry Council, joining nearly 100 fellow...
May 12, 2021
Maple Tree Directors embark on rigorous cannabis certification
Prof Mike Barnes and Hannah Deacon are two of just a handful of UK-based specialists undergoing the Ganjier Cannabis Certification...
May 7, 2021
Dutch supply of medical cannabis to UK patients extended by six months
Image credit CLC portraits Following the UK’s exit from the EU in 2020, children living with severe epilepsy were left without access to...
May 3, 2021
Hilltop Leaf raises in excess of £2km in funding round
Medical cannabis cultivation and extraction business, Hilltop Leaf Holdings has exceed its target of raising £2 million capital to fund...
May 1, 2021
Hellenic Dynamics planning to list on LSE in June
Hellenic Dynamics, the Anglo-Greek company medical cannabis cultivation business plans to list on the London Stock Exchange next month....
Apr 26, 2021
Outdated laws and regulations hinder the UK’s CBD and medicinal cannabis industry
In a special discussion paper, Maple Tree urge the Government to reduce the red tape hampering what could be a multi-billion-pound industry
Sep 16, 2020
Cannabis farm backed by British Lord raises £1.6m
Professor Mike Barnes speaks to Sifted about medical cannabis in the UK. "Professor Mike Barnes was the first doctor in the UK to...
Sep 16, 2020
A guide to CBD products with Professor Mike Barnes
Professor Mike Barnes, cannabis expert, neurologist, of The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society and Maple Tree Consultants, tells Medical...
Sep 2, 2020
Why is the NHS still refusing to prescribe medicinal cannabis?
Medicinal cannabis is legal in the UK, but prescriptions are vanishingly rare
Aug 30, 2020
Is the UK Behind in the Cannatech Race?
In a recent article for TechRound, Prof Barnes shares his views on the cannatech race in the UK. Professor Mike Barnes, Neurologist and...
Aug 27, 2020
BMJ Opinion: Patients still do not have access to medical cannabis
Now more than ever we need to address a history of prejudice which has curbed research and denied millions of patients’ access to...
Aug 24, 2020
Cannabis is legal, so why can't you get it on the NHS?
In the latest Healthy Beast Podcast with Richard Holt, Prof Barnes talks about access to medical cannabis on the NHS. Listen to the...
Aug 19, 2020
A Q&A For CBD in the UK
Mike Barnes, a highly experienced neurologist, expert on medical cannabis and founder of Maple Tree Consultancy, offers his expert...
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