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An interview with poster contest winners Mehran Afshar, Alexander Barber, Lucy Buckley, Baljinder Randhawa, and Yonatan Hillinger is presented. They talk about their poster and their research on patients using medical cannabis as chronic pain treatment in the United Kingdom (UK). They explain how their study could benefit patients with pain and physical and mental health conditions. They discuss the various ways in which medical cannabis can be prescribed.

The article discusses the Employment Equality Act 1998 in Ireland. Enforced on October 18, 1999, the law included new prohibited grounds for discrimination, a new court structure and measures that address sexual and other types of harassment. One of the new grounds is the more complex definition of disability.

The article discusses two cases Tower Boot Co v Jones and Waters v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Both the cases are related to work-related discriminations which highlights the responsibility of employer for individual acts of bias or malice. It also offers information on the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 of Great Britain.