International Medical Cannabis Patients Coalition By Deej Sullivan Reporting from the Conference in Prague on behalf of NORML UK. In part one of my write-up of the medical cannabis conference that has taken place this week in Prague I focused on what I saw as a huge difference between attitudes towards cannabis at home and […]
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Where are all the skunks? By Deej Sullivan From the 4th to the 7th of March 2015 a conference took place in Prague that was the first of its kind in the Czech Republic. Organised to coincide roughly with the passing of a new Bill legalising the medical use of cannabis in the country; the […]
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By Deej Sullivan The news that Radio 4 was planning a ‘Cannabis Awareness Week’ was met with a great deal of intrigue and even that rarest of things amongst activists – hope – over the past week or so. Sadly that initial, tentative intrigue was replaced almost immediately with a crushing sense of déjà vu […]
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Our new contributor for the Women´s Alliance, Charli, looks at just some of the pitfalls and some of the benefits of being a woman and a cannabis consumer in the UK today. A woman`s perspective on weed. By Charli Knights For a woman, it is distressing to think of yourself as vulnerable. It is a […]
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Behind the scenes of The Culture High – Part 5 – Here We Go! By Jason Reed It’s been an arduous process; no more so than the sporadic updates that have popped up on these pages over the last year. Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. As we prepare The Culture High for […]
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And the logo competition winner is…. NORML UK Women´s Alliance Logo competition attracted a high standard and a total of 14 entries, which made the task of choosing an outright winner quite difficult indeed. Two of our favourite designs came from the same artist, Andrew Tarry, who we are delighted to announce won the majority […]
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Does the UK government want to ban tea and coffee? According to a BBC report from 13/09/14 it would appear that they are considering it. By Deej Sullivan Here you can find the original BBC report ‘Law change needed’ to stop sale of ‘legal highs’ In a move that will dismay drug law reform activists […]
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NORML UK Women’s Alliance would like to introduce you all to a campaign initiative which is new to the UK: The Cannabis Quilt UK, a spin- off from the Moms for Marijuana idea which has been highly popular in the US in recent years, bringing Cannabis information and education to the mainstream. The UK team […]
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By James Collins Norman Baker has issued a statement regarding medical cannabis in the UK. You’ve likely read it, if not; here is a reference for you. There was a great deal of hullaballoo in the community about this announcement, but if you missed it here is a link to the Guardian. Okay, now you’re […]
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How do you fancy your art work being featured as the logo for NORML UK´s Women´s Alliance campaign? Time to don on your design hat and enter our competition. As you may be aware, the NORML UK Women’s Alliance launched with much fanfare and medication on the 1st June 2014 at the NORML UK AGM. […]
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