r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 26d ago

Police officers say cannabis is effectively ‘decriminalised’ in the UK .

https://www.leafie.co.uk/news/police-cannabis-decriminalised-survey/

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Income is one factor but you do actually have to have a diagnosed medical condition and treatment history. You can’t just buy the weed because you like it.

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u/sead_VA 26d ago

Yes I know I have a prescription. It’s very easy to go through the NHS for any problems you might have like insomnia, pain, mental health. As long as you have tried to address it then you can be approved. I imagine most people with those conditions will have sought help from the NHS at some stage.

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u/Exact-Put-6961 26d ago

Cannabis is emphatically not, a treatment for poor mental health.

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u/Haddos_Attic 26d ago edited 26d ago

It is prescribed for a number of conditions that can be described as poor mental health (OCD, PTSD, anxiety and depression).

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u/Exact-Put-6961 26d ago

Yep no doubt it is but the NHS does not do it, prescribing there has to be ethical The clinical literature supporting conditions for which cannabis or cannabis based meds are a sound choice, is remarkably thin, despite millions spent on research.

Medipot is oversold, very deliberately.

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u/Haddos_Attic 26d ago

Nevertheless, it emphatically is a treatment for poor mental health.

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u/Exact-Put-6961 26d ago

Well maybe you could evidence that with some peer reviewed science. Its thin.

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u/Haddos_Attic 26d ago

I don't need to provide a source, it would take you seconds to find the list of mental health conditions treated with cannabis.

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u/Exact-Put-6961 26d ago

Well there we are. I know the literature on Cannabis quite well.

There is a lot of over claiming.

There is a lot of denial about mental ill health, hyperemisis, carcinogenesis and teratogenesis.

Have a look yoirself.

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u/Haddos_Attic 26d ago

Nevertheless...etc

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u/sead_VA 26d ago

Ironically you sound like more of a stoner than the rest of us…

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u/ComputerJerk Hampshire 25d ago

I made the mistake of engaging with this account elsewhere in the subreddit. Now I have it tagged as:

A bot or a sealioning wanker

... In bright pink so I won't waste my time again 😅

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u/FearLeadsToAnger 26d ago

this is pretty funny that you gave no source and are now asking for sources. You're terrible at this.

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u/Exact-Put-6961 25d ago

Source for what?

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u/FearLeadsToAnger 25d ago

I agree, you didn't really have a point. Good that you can acknowledge that.

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u/Exact-Put-6961 25d ago

If you want a source for anything i say, normallly i have provided one somewhere in the sub.

I dont keep posting the same links. I expect but do not always get, a reasonable level of intelligence from others. Even the ability to use one click and a question via a search engine, seems beyond many.

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u/FearLeadsToAnger 25d ago

It’s not about intelligence; it’s about clarity. If you have relevant sources or information to support your point, it’s helpful to provide them in the context of the discussion rather than assuming others will know or track down what you’re referencing. It leads to a more productive conversation, and demonstrates you have a clue what you're talking about, rather than rambling on and appearing otherwise.

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u/Exact-Put-6961 25d ago

I have asked you what you want a source for. You have not responded.

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