According to a study by King’s College London and GW Pharmaceuticals, high potency cannabis is now dominating the illegal market in the UK.
Samples have revealed a huge rise in highly psychoactive strains. The research has found that almost all of the cannabis that police are seizing are comprised now of high strength varieties.
Researchers from GW Pharmaceuticals and King’s College London conducted the first study of its kind in the last decade that found that a whopping 94% of samples police had seized had high psychoactive content. This indicates that they could be dominating the illicit market.
“We are talking about a market where pretty much all the samples that the police come across are represented by this high-potency [product],” said Dr Marta Di Forti, who is one of the authors from King’s College London.
“This is actually worrying because if we do believe that there are types of cannabis that can be used more safely – because of the presence of cannabidiol – well, at least in this country, these are disappearing.”
