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Hannah Simon: “Cannabis could be a case study for how we embrace more innovative medicines”
Hannah Simon, one of the original leaders in the UK medical cannabis industry, about her journey over the last seven years.
Apr 17
Dr Leon Barron - “GPs should be at the forefront of medical cannabis prescribing”
Dr Barron is one of the founding members and former Chair of The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society from 2022 to 2024, which has now grown
Mar 17
Dr Anne Katrin Schlag: “Regulators need to value real-world evidence”
We sit down with Dr Anne Katrin Schlag PhD to discuss her research on medical cannabis with Drug Science.
Feb 17
Dr Niraj Singh: “We need to support clinicians through their prescribing journey”
In our first episode of 2025, Hannah Deacon and Prof Mike Barnes sit down with Dr Niraj Singh, a consultant psychiatrist and experienced...
Jan 20
“I’d love to door-knock GPs and tell them about this life-changing medicine”
On this month’s episode of What's Your Why, Hannah and Mike welcome Sophie Gamwell, a former nurse who spent five years working in leadershi
Nov 27, 2024
“I had no interest in cannabis, but the story needed to be told to others like me”
We're joined by Ricardo Geada, Director of Regulatory Solutions at Lawrence Stephens Solicitors for the What's Your Why Podcast
Oct 24, 2024
“We knew cannabis was a new medicine, but it turned out to be a whole new field of medicine”
The final episode of this season of What’s Your Why is a special one, as Hannah and Mike sat down with our sponsors, Curaleaf Laboratories.
Sep 16, 2024
“Medical cannabis is one spoke in a wheel of good health”
In a new episode of What’s Your Why, James Smith, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of 4C Lab
Aug 15, 2024
“Medical cannabis turned my life around”
In our latest episode Hannah and Mike chat to Kieran, a patient advocate and host of the YouTube channel ‘God In The Grass’, about how medic
Jul 11, 2024
Dr Callie Seaman: “We’re making sure patients have a voice”
Dr Callie Seaman, a leading UK plant scientist and co-chair of the Cannabis Industry Council, joins Hannah Deacon and Professor Mike Barnes
Jun 12, 2024
“We cannot stop until we have a proper, regulated medical cannabis sector here in the UK”
The Maple Tree podcast is back with another episode, in which we ask Melissa Sturgess, CEO of Ananda Developments, ‘What’s Your Why’? In...
Jan 31, 2024
“The current model for medical cannabis hasn’t been working sufficiently”
The Maple Tree Consultant’s podcast What’s Your Why returned this week with the second episode featuring Katya Kowalski of Volteface.
Dec 12, 2023
What’s Your Why: the Maple Tree medical cannabis podcast
Maple Tree's What’s Your Why podcast looks beyond commercial forecasts to make space for open and honest conversations.
Nov 22, 2023
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