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Half-hearted cannabis legalisation move leaves patients in limbo

Medical cannabis is to be available in the UK from November, but tight restrictions will drive patients to alternative sources, says Henry Fisher

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Medicinal cannabis will be available in the UK from next month

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Health

Nobody can agree about antidepressants. Here’s what you need to know

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Skin genetically engineered to destroy cocaine could prevent addiction

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Alcohol advisers threaten to quit health body due to industry links

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Life

A startling sexual side-effect to yawning – and other past stories

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Health

Opioid crisis: powerful but non-addictive drug could replace morphine

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A trip into the past: Swiss watches, Korean ginseng and UK tea breaks

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We dream even when under general anaesthetic

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We dream even when under general anaesthetic

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Women in England to be allowed to have abortions at home

Women who are less than 10 weeks pregnant will soon be able to have abortions at home, bringing England in line with Scotland and Wales

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Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

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Ecstasy-like drugs might relieve social difficulties in autism

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Deaths caused by the opioid fentanyl are rising in the UK

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The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma

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