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See other news storiesHome Office Cannabis Potency Study 2008 released
7 May 2008
Cannabis resin used to be much more popular (70% in 2002) than herbal cannabis. In this Home Office Cannabis Potency Study 2008 herbal cannabis accounted for 81% of all cannabis seized by the police on the street when giving a warning to users. Significantly 97% of the herbal was sinsemilla or ‘skunk’. Since 1990, when intensively-grown cannabis, sinsemilla or ‘skunk’ first appeared in the UK its potency has slowly increased and the mean is now 16.2%.
This study was commissioned by the Home Office Drugs Strategy Unit and the results were presented to The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for their review of evidence for debate on the classification of cannabis. Other evidence from the medical and academic experts has been presented on the potential harm to mental and physical health. Read the Home Office Cannabis Potency Study 2008
