Drugs & You: Cannabis
Our first talk of the year tackled a popular and contentious topic - recreational drugs and their potential clinical uses. Professor Valerie Curran, Director of the UCL Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, and representatives from Drugsand.me discussed a range of matters related to recreational drugs, with particular emphasis on cannabis.
UCL Professor of Psychopharmacology, Valerie Curran presented the current understanding of cannabis' neurobiological and cognitive effects, and discussed her current work into therapeutic possibilities for the drug. Drugsand.me, a website educating drug users on harm-reduction, then discussed historical attitudes towards drugs, discrepancies between scientific knowledge and legalisation, and their organisation’s story and values.
This event was extremely popular, and we were forced to turn away many queuing outside the theatre. We urge those interested in our events to purchase membership and avoid future disappointment!
October 2016
