By Darryl Bickler, solicitor, Drug Equality Alliance NOWADAYS there is willingness for the medical use of cannabis to be on the debating table in the media and even the BBC. People nowadays talk about regulation of some drugs (actually they mean the users of some drugs) as a possible way of reducing harms and attendant costs. […]
NORML UK have teamed up with THTC to bring you ethically produced organic cotton t-shirts, with the THTC and NORML logos, with our slogan, ‘working to reform cannabis laws’. Since 1999 THTC has been producing collaboration ranges for nearly one hundred charities, music labels, bands, artists, festivals, clothing labels, causes and activists. Cotton is one of […]
by Jeff Ditchfield Cancer free! This is the story (in his own words) of one of our cancer suffering friends ——- My name’s Dave, it’s not my real name, I’m a 39 year old married family man with an 8 year old boy and twin girls. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in August 2008, […]
The British Medical Journal on 27th of July 2012 published an extensive study scaling the harm caused to ones self and to others due to substance use. The study looked at the 19 most commonly used drugs both legal and illicit. Heroin was ranked at number 1 whilst Alcohol sat in 4th place and cannabis […]
By Chris Bovey NORML UK are not political, we are not a political party; we are a Pressure Group. The whole point of a Pressure Group is to lobby and put pressure on our elected representatives to change the law. We want our laws on cannabis changed; we have already won the arguments, opinion polls […]
By Alun Buffry CANNABIS THE PLANT It is estimated that about 600 million people in the world use cannabis, 3 to 8 million in Britain. The vast majority of them report benefits to their health and an increased sense of well-being. Few report harm. The evidence from scientists as to the risks associated with cannabis, […]
Early this week, Streatham MP and Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna spoke about his past use of cannabis and said that he did not think it was “news anymore, to be honest”. Although Mr. Umunna states that he was “not proud” of his cannabis use (hardly a surprising disclaimer given the current climate), it is […]
WE are pleased to announce our forum is now online and working properly. An annoying little bug has been fixed that was preventing members from posting on the forum. We hope the NORML UK forum will be a friendly place for like minded people to discuss issues surrounding cannabis, or indeed anything. We have also integrated […]
It’s NORML to love cannabis. IT has come to our attention that a fellow campaign group has once again taken to its blog to attack the cannabis community. If NORML were to respond to each of this group’s divisive stunts, we would have little time left over to devote to campaigning. However, we will not […]
by Kristin S. AS AN AMERICAN EXPAT, I’m no stranger to the horrors the global war on drugs is wreaking in Latin America. As a Californian in particular, my views on drug prohibition are inevitably framed by the violence plaguing my neighbours to the south. Although the Mexican cartel crisis gets occasional coverage here in […]