Medical cannabis experts and advocates, Hannah Deacon and Professor Mike Barnes, sit down with their guests to find out why cannabis matters to them.
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After studying biomedical science in Belfast, Ryan McCreanor worked as a toxicology scientist on one of the first commercially available testing kits for synthetic cannabis, which at the time was being sold as legal highs known as "Spice".
After quitting his job for a stint of travelling he landed in Canada around the time of the legalisation of cannabis for adult-use. Ryan got a job working for the Government on British Columbia's first ever cannabis customer care team, answering questions from members of the public about the law change. He worked his way up and eventually found himself travelling the country to train staff at new Government cannabis dispensaries.
Now Ryan has brought his knowledge back to the UK, with the recent launch of Sativa Learning, an online education platform designed to fill the educational gaps in the cannabis sector. His first course, aimed at the CBD industry, went live last month.
Ryan covers everything from Novel Foods and regulations to tackling misinformation on social media - and how Canada ultimately changed his opinion of cannabis.
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Hannah helped change the law in 2018 after her successful campaign to enable her epileptic son Alfie Dingley to be legally prescribed cannabis medicines. She continues to help other families access medical cannabis in the UK. Hannah is also a director of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society and Maple Tree Consultants.
Mike obtained the first medical cannabis license in the UK for Alfie. He has been involved in the efforts to assist many others and is founder of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society along with Maple Tree Consultants.
Join Hannah and Mike as they discover how cannabis has changed their guest’s lives, what makes them tick, why they do what they do and what they think needs to improve for patients.
Forget graphs and commercial outlooks and expect open, honest conversations with those at the heart of the issue.
Edited by Sarah Sinclair
Artwork by Sophie Dinsdale