Ketamine therapy could help alcoholics to abstain from drinking for longer

A new clinical trial found that those with severe alcohol disorder abstained from heavy drinking for longer when being treated with low-dose ketamine in combination with regular psychological therapy. While there are only so many known therapies that exist for alcoholism, for part of the Ketamine for reduction of Alcohol Relapse (KARE) trial, researchers concluded […]

Car crash deaths involving both cannabis and alcohol more than doubled

New research indicates that between 2000 and 2018, the percentage of car crash deaths in the United States involving cannabis have doubled, and the percentage of deaths involving both cannabis and alcohol, have more than doubled. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, the loosening of cannabis policies in many […]

Could THC-infused drinks be the future of boozing?

While infused beverages currently only make up a small part of the global cannabis market, some of the largest companies in the sector are reportedly planning on taking their chances by persuading consumers to ditch traditional methods in favour of drinking their cannabis. According to Politico, American cannabis businesses are looking for getting into the […]

How can alcohol be legal in the UK when we continue to criminalise cannabis use?

The pictures of the English “football fans” going crazy – throwing bottles at each other and sticking up bottles in places where they really-really-really shouldn’t – before the Euros final at Wembley shocked the whole nation and everybody else all around the world… …or did they? The British love their drinks. We all know that […]