Grams Lounge

Grams Lounge 🌿 Growth • Recovery • Mindful Support 🌿
Community built on lived experience. Struggling to find a space that supports clean living and real connection?

Mental health • Recovery • Harm reduction • Wellbeing • Movement • Education • Connection
Helping people find their own path forward. 💚 At Grams, we’ve been there. Ex-addicts and alcoholics ourselves, we know what it’s like to feel lost when making a change. That’s why we’re creating Birmingham’s first medical cannabis lounge—a safe, inspiring space where wellness comes first. Expect workshops, a

juice bar, healthy treats, and a supportive community like no other. Follow our journey as we build a space for YOU.

GOOD MORNING MY FRIDAY PEOPLE 🌱💚 IS “RECREATIONAL” CANNABIS ALWAYS ACTUALLY RECREATIONAL? 🤔We came acros...
04/09/2026

GOOD MORNING MY FRIDAY PEOPLE 🌱💚 IS “RECREATIONAL” CANNABIS ALWAYS ACTUALLY RECREATIONAL? 🤔

We came across an article titled “Not All Cannabis Use Is Medical, and That’s Okay.” We understand the argument, but we’re not completely convinced.

If someone says, “I just use cannabis after work to chill out,” but it helps them switch off, sleep, reduce stress or anxiety and emotionally re-regulate — are those not therapeutic benefits?

Over decades around cannabis, we’ve seen plenty of habitual users who consider themselves completely recreational but appear to be getting benefits they may not recognise as medicinal.

We also see many ADHD-type traits among habitual consumers — racing thoughts, restlessness, difficulty switching off and sleep issues. That doesn’t mean everyone has ADHD, but could some people have been self-medicating symptoms without ever realising?

There obviously IS recreational cannabis use. But if you’re habitually using it because it helps you sleep, manage stress, calm your mind or function better… how recreational is that really? 🤔

We don’t claim to have the final answer — we want the discussion.

👇 Do you consider your cannabis use medical or recreational? And more importantly, what does it actually do for you?

Read the article we’re discussing:
https://cannabischemistry.org/not-all-cannabis-use-is-medical/

💨 Vaporisers & accessories:
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🌱 Medical cannabis access:
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💚 SUPPORT GR&MS — AND HELP US GIVE MORE BACK 💚We’re going to be switching on subscriptions across our social media platf...
03/09/2026

💚 SUPPORT GR&MS — AND HELP US GIVE MORE BACK 💚

We’re going to be switching on subscriptions across our social media platforms, but we want everyone to know exactly where that money is going.

100% of the money we receive through social media subscriptions will go directly towards GR&MS CIC and the community work we’re building. 🫡💚

That means helping us fund things like mental health & recovery support, Over The Hump, community activities, retreats and the other GR&MS CIC projects we’ve got planned.

We’ll keep the main GR&MS content coming regardless — subscribing is simply there for anyone who enjoys what we do and wants to throw a few quid into helping us do more of it for the community.

The bigger we can build the platform, the more people we can reach and the more we can put back in. 💚

Built by lived experience.
Built around community.
And we’re only getting started. 🫡😊💚

💚🫡 EARLY START — LONDON BOUND! 🚗💨Back on the road this morning and heading down to London. 😎Big things in motion behind ...
03/09/2026

💚🫡 EARLY START — LONDON BOUND! 🚗💨

Back on the road this morning and heading down to London. 😎

Big things in motion behind the scenes at GRAMS. Plenty of conversations happening, plenty of plans coming together and a few things we’re not quite ready to talk about yet… 👀😉

One thing’s for sure — we’re only just getting started.

Keep building. Keep moving. Keep pushing it forward. 💚🫡

London bound… let’s see what today brings. 😎💚💨

💚💨 WE HAVE LANDED! — SMOKE LOUD 💨💚GR&MS are in the building 😎🫡If you’re local, come through, say hello and meet some of ...
02/09/2026

💚💨 WE HAVE LANDED! — SMOKE LOUD 💨💚

GR&MS are in the building 😎🫡

If you’re local, come through, say hello and meet some of the team! We’ve got a selection of vaporisers with us, so come have a look, have a chat and see what we’re all about. 💚

📍 Smoke Loud — TODAY

We’re here, pass through! 😎💚💨💨

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https://gramslounge.co.uk/grams-x-wellford/

02/09/2026

💚💨 WE’RE AT SMOKE LOUD TODAY! 💨💚

If you’re around, pass through, come and meet some of the GRAMS team, have a chat, check out some of the vaporisers we’ve brought along and find out a bit more about what we’re building . 🌱

Whether you’re already part of the community or you’ve only just come across us — come say hello! 🫡💚

📍 Smoke Loud — TODAY

See you there! 😎💚💨

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https://gramslounge.co.uk/grams-x-wellford/

❤️🌱 CANNABIS & HEART RHYTHM — AN INTERESTING FINDING 🌱❤️A recent randomised study from researchers at UCSF looked at can...
01/09/2026

❤️🌱 CANNABIS & HEART RHYTHM — AN INTERESTING FINDING 🌱❤️

A recent randomised study from researchers at UCSF looked at cannabis use and premature heartbeats in habitual cannabis users.

The researchers found around 9% fewer premature heartbeats on cannabis-use days compared with abstinence days.

An interesting result, particularly because it wasn’t necessarily what researchers expected to see.

It certainly adds another piece to the increasingly complex picture of how cannabis interacts with the human body — and another reason why proper controlled cannabis research matters. 🌱🧠

The more we study it, the more we learn.

💚 Follow the research. Follow the evidence.

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💚💍 MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE OF OUR GR&MS FAMILY! 💍💚One of our community sent these over yesterday while away celeb...
01/09/2026

💚💍 MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE OF OUR GR&MS FAMILY! 💍💚

One of our community sent these over yesterday while away celebrating their wedding anniversary — enjoying some well-earned time away with their prescribed medication and the trusty PAX helping make it all possible. 😎💚💨

They told us that without access to their medication, a trip like this may not have been possible.

These are the stories that remind us exactly why we do what we do.

Raising awareness that legal medical cannabis access exists. 🌱

Helping people understand their options.

Helping patients find the right vaporiser for their individual needs.

And ultimately helping more people understand how much difference the right medication, taken in the right way for that individual, can potentially make to someone’s quality of life.

There are still so many people in the UK who could potentially benefit but don’t even know legal access exists.

We intend to let as many of them know as possible. 😎💚😊

And most importantly — massive congratulations on your anniversary ! Hope you’re having an absolute belter. 🥂💚

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💚🌅 GOOD MORNING — HELLO SEPTEMBER! 🌅💚New month. New season on the way. Same energy. 😎🫡September’s here and we’ve got ple...
01/09/2026

💚🌅 GOOD MORNING — HELLO SEPTEMBER! 🌅💚

New month. New season on the way. Same energy. 😎🫡

September’s here and we’ve got plenty to be grateful for and plenty to look forward to.

Whatever August looked like for you, today is another chance to keep moving. You woke up this morning — that’s already a win. Everything else we get to build from there. 💚

And talking about building… we can finally announce something we’ve been working on. 👀🔥

URBAN X GR&MS — BLACKPOOL/ST ANNES, WE’RE COMING!

📅 Saturday 17th October
📍 Urban Art Studio — St Annes

💨 12–4PM
Vaporiser demonstrations • Medical cannabis access & education • Meet the GR&MS team

Then at 4:20PM we switch it up…

🎶😂🎤 4:20–9PM — GR&MS TASTER NIGHT
Music • Comedy • Live Artists • Resident DJ

We’re inviting local singers, rappers, MCs, musicians to come and get involved as we start building the GR&MS community and our new GR&MS & Bars platform in the area.

🔞 Over 18s only

We said after our Blackpool trip that we’d be back on 17th October — now you know why. 😎😂💚

September starts today. Blackpool starts here. And there’s a LOT more coming.

Have a positive Tuesday people. Be kind, keep moving and make the most of another day. 💚🫡

Come see what we’re building.

StAnnes

🌱💚 THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM — THERE’S MORE TO CANNABIS THAN THC & CBD 💚🌱A new Nature paper published on 26 August look...
31/08/2026

🌱💚 THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM — THERE’S MORE TO CANNABIS THAN THC & CBD 💚🌱

A new Nature paper published on 26 August looked at how our own endocannabinoid system influences reward engagement in the brain.

That’s particularly interesting from a recovery and neurodivergence perspective.

We’re seeing more people who’ve struggled with addiction later recognising ADHD, autistic or AuDHD-type traits they may have lived with for years without understanding. Some are waiting for assessments; others simply recognise themselves when they hear neurodivergence described.

And something we hear repeatedly around cannabis is:

🧠 The noise quietens down.
🌱 They feel calmer and less restless.
🎯 They can focus on one thing instead of ten.
💚 Anxiety can feel reduced rather than simply feeling “high”.

Research into the endocannabinoid system, reward and motivation therefore really interests us, particularly alongside what we already know about differences in dopamine signalling and reward processing in ADHD.

To be clear, this research does NOT prove cannabis treats ADHD, autism or AuDHD. The science is far more complicated than that.

But it does raise some fascinating questions about why some neurodivergent people describe cannabis as calming and focusing rather than simply intoxicating.

Maybe we need to spend less time talking purely about THC and CBD and more time understanding the system they interact with in the first place:

The endocannabinoid system. 🧠🌱

We’re still learning — and that’s why this research matters.

Does this resonate with your own experience? 👇💚

🌱💚 MORE THAN HALF OF UK MEDICAL CANNABIS FLOWER IS NOW 25%+ THC — BUT IS STRONGER ALWAYS BETTER? 💚🌱New UK market data is...
31/08/2026

🌱💚 MORE THAN HALF OF UK MEDICAL CANNABIS FLOWER IS NOW 25%+ THC — BUT IS STRONGER ALWAYS BETTER? 💚🌱

New UK market data is reporting that more than half of the medical cannabis flower currently available is labelled at 25% THC or above.

But we think there’s a much bigger conversation to be had here.

For years cannabis has increasingly been judged by one number — THC %.

Higher number = better flower.

But cannabis has never really worked like that.

Before percentages became such a dominant part of the conversation, people judged cannabis by the overall experience — the quality, aroma, flavour, how it consumed, how it made them feel and, ultimately, whether that particular cultivar worked for them.

Now we have a medical market where THC percentage has almost become a headline selling point.

And that raises an important question:

Are producers and the medical cannabis industry putting too much emphasis on THC percentage? 🤔

Because patients didn’t create the obsession with THC numbers.

If the market continually presents 25%, 28%, 30%+ as the premium or desirable end of the spectrum, naturally that’s going to influence how people perceive and choose products.

THC absolutely matters — but it isn’t the whole plant. 🌱

Cannabinoids, terpenes, genetics, cultivation, drying, curing, freshness and the overall expression of the flower all contribute to the experience. And ultimately, the most important question for a medical patient should be does this medication work effectively for me?

A 20% cultivar that works brilliantly for someone isn’t automatically inferior to something labelled 30%.

As the UK medical cannabis market continues to develop, we’d like to see more emphasis placed on quality, consistency, the whole expression of the plant and patient outcomes — rather than an industry race towards the biggest THC number on the packet.

🌱 So what do you think — is the demand for increasingly high-THC medical flower really patient-led, or has the industry created the demand in the first place? 👇💚

Read the report — Business of Cannabis⁠

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