Lindsey Metcalf McGrath

@oddartsuk.bsky.social huge thank you to Rebecca Friel OddArts for her guest workshop with our @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Criminology students today

What we learned about medical cannabis…

Fewer than 1% of UK doctors trained to prescribe medical cannabis - leafie Seven years after the legalisation of medical cannabis, thousands of patients remain without access as institutional support lags behind demand.

www.leafie.co.uk/news/fewer-t...

Full open-access paper available at academic.oup.com/policing/art...

Feature by @leafie on our new research findings, recently published in Policing Journal academic.oup.com/policing/art... #medicalcannabis #drugpolicy

Training the police on legalized medical cannabis: lessons in building public trust, reducing harm, and avoiding reputational damage Abstract. Worldwide, cannabis-based products for medical use are legally available in over sixty countries, reflecting major advances in clinical research

CCSE members @lmetcalfmcgrath.bsky.social & Helen Beckett Wilson's recently published article highlights the work still needed to provide training for police regarding the regulation of medical cannabis.
Read the open access article here: academic.oup.com/policing/art...

You might be interested in this article by my colleague Steve Wakeman doi.org/10.1177/1362...

On 26/11/25, we are co-hosting a screening & discussion of "The UK is Not Innocent", film tracing @inquest-org.bsky.social evolution from a grassroots collective of families to an established charity, exposing forty years of state violence & resistance. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...

Training the police on legalized medical cannabis: lessons in building public trust, reducing harm, and avoiding reputational damage Abstract. Worldwide, cannabis-based products for medical use are legally available in over sixty countries, reflecting major advances in clinical research

📢 New publication 📢
My new paper with Helen Beckett Wilson explores police training needs around prescription cannabis. Police have come under scrutiny for their handling of cannabis patients and lack of awareness of the post-2018 regulations. #drugpolicy #cannabis #police
doi.org/10.1093/poli...

Cannabis-based products for medicinal use Call for evidence to support ACMD's review of changes to legislation on the use of cannabis-based products for medicinal purposes (CBPMs).

Call for evidence issued today by ACMD for their review of medical cannabis regulations in the UK: www.gov.uk/government/c... #cannabis #medicalcannabis #drugpolicy

I’ve had a brilliant day at the British Science Festival #BSF25. Thanks so much for inviting us to share our @medcanproject.bsky.social research!

Stuart George - Susan Hanks sits in (21/08/2025) - BBC Sounds News, information and advice with Susan, plus 'What's the Year?' from 1pm.

Dr Sandra Fawcett, lecturer in skin physiology, spoke yesterday on BBC radio #Stoke about #skin #cancer and the ABCDE approach to keeping track of your moles. Her part starts right after David Bowie www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Get your free tickets for the British Science Festival In Liverpool!

The whole programme looks absolutely amazing!! I’ll be there sharing my research on the experiences of cannabis patients too! #BSF25

Thanks so much to @lisa-white.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social for organising a fab writing retreat and creating space for bid-writing, publishing and supportive conversations. Good start to the week! #AcWri

Two researchers next to conference poster

Really enjoyed the poster session at @issdp conference today.
Great papers too & many fascinating conversations on cannabis policy with delegates from New Zealand, Canada, Uruguay, Germany and more… #ISSDP25

The lives of Grenfell Tower: the 72 victims of the fire Portraits of all 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire, based on moving testimony from family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

8 years. 8 f**king years and still nothing. #grenfell💚 #grenfelltowerfire

Fabulous cross stitch exhibition by Dr Lisa Williams @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social conference. I love this! #ISSDP25

Poorer children more likely to age faster than affluent counterparts, study finds Biological disadvantages may be shaped in first decade of a child’s life depending on family affluence

🧬🧒 Poverty leaves a mark – even in children’s cells

A new study finds kids from poorer families show signs of faster biological ageing, linked to stress and shorter telomeres – even before age 11.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

#SciComm #ChildHealth #Inequality 🧪

Historian here, holder of multiple degrees, previous holder of RA posts, co-author of book, journal articles, numerous essays and book reviews - attributes and skills seemingly unwanted by most employers. Seeks freelance work, writing, editing, researching, etc, in pursuit of paying bills.

Two sisters in front of mountain scene

Home from amazing USA visit to bring together these two long lost sisters! All started with a DNA test kit we gifted my mother-in-law one Christmas. Now her extended USA family gathered from six states to greet us. Unforgettable experience! #genealogy #DNA

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Advance article (open access): Stigmatised and stressed: UK cannabis patients living in the context of prohibition by Lindsey Metcalf McGrath and Helen Beckett Wilson
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

88% of low-income households who receive disability benefits were going without the essentials in the 6 months to Oct 📢

59% had to take out a loan to cover the cost of essentials. 53% were in arrears.

Our COL tracker: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...

Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social

Started the week right with a Monday morning Shut Up and Write with my @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Writer’s Group. Coffee and friendly faces resulted in two productive hours #acwri #suaw

Conferences CALL FOR PAPERS Voluntary Action History Society’s 8TH International Conference: ‘New Ways of Doing Voluntary Action History? University of Liverpool, UK, 2-4 July 2025 The Voluntary Action History…

🚨Call for papers on voluntary action history. 🚨

The Voluntary Action History Society 8th holds its 8th International Conference at the University of Liverpool, 2-4 July 2025.

Abstract deadline 15 March 2025. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

www.vahs.org.uk/events/confe...

Big ‘Blue Sky’ welcome to @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social the Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation & Social Exclusion (CCSE) - my research centre at LJMU

A vibrant painting titled The Icknield Way (1912) by Spencer Gore. It depicts a rural English landscape at sunset, with bold brushstrokes of pinks, oranges, and purples in the sky. Rolling green fields and winding paths stretch into the horizon, framed by rows of trees and distant hills.

🎨🌄 Today’s haiku:

golden streaks of light
roll through patchwork fields,
tracing ancient paths anew

Inspired by The Icknield Way (1912) by Spencer Gore

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets

The journal Critical Social Policy is seeking new members to join its Editorial Collective.

Closing date is 18th January 2025 - see full details at the link below ⬇️

www.criticalsocialpolicy.com/post/csp-is-...

Training course: Innovation Forum: Creative Writing & Social Research Workshop - Online Join us for the follow-up session of the Innovation Forum on Creative Writing and Social Research titled Whose Words Are They Anyway? This will be an online workshop taking place Tue 21 January

Super excited about this Creative Writing & Social Research event next week www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

Sounds brilliant!