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Political posturing on cannabis must end

Mike Morgan-Giles, CEO, Cannabis Industry Council. The recently published opinion column in the Daily Mail by David Sidwick (‘Cannabis is now as dangerous as heroin and crack. A liberal approach is not progress – it’s madness’) is a scientifically and medically misguided piece of political posturing. Mr Sidwick’s position is broadly that cannabis causes psychosis, […]

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Innovation funding in the cannabis sector

By Alex Thomson, Director of Operations, The Tax Credit Company Innovation requires investment, and businesses are not always aware of the financial assistance available in the form of Research & Development (R&D) tax relief, Capital Allowances and Grants. No matter where your organisation sits in the supply chain, from production, refinement all the way through […]

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What’s Stopping Hemp From Cropping Up Everywhere?

CIC Executive Committee member Jamie Bartley leads the Unyte Group, which comprises seven distinct businesses, all inter-linked by Cannabis and Hemp, with expertise in everything from medical to capital to construction. Right now he’s pushing for further investment into the UK’s industrial hemp sector, as well as legislative change, to help spark what he believes […]

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Meet Executive Committee Member, Dr Anne Schlag

Chartered Psychologist and Head of Research at Drug Science, Dr Anne Katrin Schlag, heads up the Cannabis Industry Council’s Research Working group. For 2022, the main focus of the Research Subgroup is to carry out a Health economic analysis, create condition-specific case studies, research into chemovar profiles in childhood epilepsy, an exploration of real-world evidence […]

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How Volteface and Maple Tree are Giving Patients a Voice in the Medical Cannabis Industry

The medical cannabis industry has grown rapidly over the past few years, with even more growth predicted in the coming years as more patients begin to access this treatment. But while the industry continues to grow, one thing that’s been patchy, at best, is patient engagement. Volteface, along with partner Maple Tree, recognised this flaw […]

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Meet Executive Committee Member, Jamie Bartley

In 2019, Jamie Bartley founded the Unyte Group with two business partners; its divisions covering energy, waste, investment, cultivation and medical uses. Jamie now chairs the CIC’s Hemp Working Group. Jamie first discovered the wonders of the hemp plant while investigating its potential to assist brownfield remediation in construction. “I realised that this is an amazing […]

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Meet CIC Vice Chair Elisabetta Faenza

Elisabetta Faenza is the Council’s Vice-Chair and Chair of the Standards Working Group. Elisabetta is also on the board of Medical Cannabis Industry Australia (MCIA), which acts as the voice for the country’s licensed medicinal cannabis sector. Through her work with the Standards Group, Elisabetta has identified three key areas the group will focus on […]

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