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Select Committee
John Budd, Edinburgh Access Practice, Norma Howarth, Signpost Recovery, Patricia Tracey, Service Manager, Turning Point Scotland, Iain Clunie, SMART RecoveryElinor Dickie, Public Health Intelligence Adviser, NHS Health Scotland, Dr Saket Priyadarshi, Medical Director for Addictions, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Oral Evidence Jun. 18 2019

Inquiry: Problem drug use in Scotland inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: We know from a biological point of view—we can now do clever PET scans looking at children’s brains—that

Select Committee
Cannabis Skunk Sense
 DRP0013 - Drugs policy inquiry

Written Evidence May. 09 2019

Inquiry: Drugs policy inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: DRP0013 - Drugs policy inquiry Cannabis Skunk Sense Written Evidence

Select Committee
The Centre for Social Justice
 DRP0067 - Drugs policy inquiry

Written Evidence May. 08 2019

Inquiry: Drugs policy inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: The distresses caused to children in the home can have lasting effects.

Select Committee
Cannabis Skunk Sense - written evidence

Written Evidence May. 07 2019

Inquiry: Drugs policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: Cannabis Skunk Sense - written evidence

Select Committee
The Centre for Social Justice - written evidence

Written Evidence May. 07 2019

Inquiry: Drugs policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: The distresses caused to children in the home can have lasting effects.

Select Committee
Evidence given by Professor Andrew Goddard, President, Royal College of Physicians, Professor Finbar O'Callaghan, President, British Paediatric Neurology AssociationBaroness Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health and Social Care, Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, Home Office, Dr Keith Ridge, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHS England
 26 Mar 2019 - Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis - oral evidence

Oral Evidence Apr. 01 2019

Inquiry: Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: 26 Mar 2019 - Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis - oral evidence Evidence given by Professor Andrew Goddard

Select Committee
Professor Andrew Goddard, President, Royal College of Physicians, Professor Finbar O'Callaghan, President, British Paediatric Neurology AssociationBaroness Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health and Social Care, Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, Home Office, Dr Keith Ridge, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHS England

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2019

Inquiry: Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: a developing central nervous system.

Westminster Hall
Drugs Policy - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) On average, 1000 Americans died every year during the Prohibition from the effects of drinking tainted - Speech Link
2: Douglas Ross (CON - Moray) However, I agree that the effects of drug use, and the deaths caused by it, have an impact on each and - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) cannabis use.Short-term effects of cannabis include confusion, anxiety, sleepiness, memory loss and - Speech Link
4: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Our brains like them—it is not our fault; they just do. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Cannabis-based Medicines - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Diane Abbott (LAB - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) the Misuse of Drugs, Professor Nutt, has said that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol. - Speech Link
2: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cannabis: harmful effects on developing brains, I thank - Speech Link
3: Sajid Javid (CON - Bromsgrove) that are under schedule 2, meaning that the medical benefits are accepted, but which can be a lot more harmful - Speech Link
4: Richard Drax (CON - South Dorset) All too often, people start on cannabis and end on something far worse, and I have personally seen the - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Year of Young People - Tue 12 Dec 2017

Mentions:
1: Gray, Iain (None - None) negative attitudes and beginning to turn around that intergenerational discrimination that can be so harmful - Speech Link
2: Mackay, Rona (SNP - Strathkelvin and Bearsden) arthritis, and Charlotte has become a peer mentor to many of them, despite dealing with the devastating effects - Speech Link
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) online exploitation, abuse and bullying; the victims of child trafficking who are forced to work in cannabis - Speech Link
4: Stevenson, Stewart (None - None) Gilruth is half my age and has twice my brains. - Speech Link
5: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) I would like to touch on the effects of the festival on those young people who live in my constituency - Speech Link