By Chris Bovey This week a major independent study called for the decriminalisation of cannabis. The publication of a six-year-study from the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) likened cannabis use to “moderately risky” gambling or junk food. The report prompted the BBC’s Sunday Morning Live Show, a weekly topical political news show aired at 10am every Sunday […]
By Richard Shrubb Many people in the cannabis legalisation movement want to be free to smoke weed to aid their ailments. In theory they would want it as a herbal remedy from Holland and Barrett to aid their physical or mental pain, or even use it to attack tumours etc. In an ideal world this […]
By Chris Bovey. NORML UK founding member, Clark French, appeared on national television on Channel 4’s 4thought.tv, which was aired on Tuesday 25th September 2012. The short interview lasting just under 2 minutes received a fantastic response, with a large number of people leaving positive comments on the programme’s web site. The production company who […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24.09.12 CLARK FRENCH, one of the founding members of NORML UK (National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws)[1], will be appearing on Channel’s 4 “4Thought” programme, to discuss his medical use of cannabis. Mr French is one of thousands of patients who use cannabis to help with their medical conditions. These […]
By Matt Aldridge I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (type 2), and I regularly use cannabis. I find it really useful both as an anti-depressant and as a mood stabilizer, consuming cannabis helps me to feel calm, relaxed and balanced. It gives me inspiration and motivation and overall gives me better cognitive functioning (a […]
By Clark French THE UKCSC (United Kingdom Cannabis Social Club) movement has taken off in the last few months. The Berkshire Cannabis Community leading the way, after two successful meetings we are really excited to be holding our third with legendary cannabis activist Free Rob Cannabis giving his exciting story of his activism over the […]
By Clark French Here in the UK, we seem to be very behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to the level to which cannabis has become accepted, not just as a recreational past time, but as a safe and effective treatment for a whole range of serious illnesses. It would be much quicker to […]
By Richard Shrubb In an ideal world, on the 20th March 2012 the Daily Mail should have raved CANNABIS TREATS SCHIZOPHRENIA. It didn’t. We know that the Daily Mail believes cannabis is worse than heroin and has no therapeutic benefits whatsoever! On that day a study was published in The Journal of Translational Psychiatry that […]
By Des Humphrey Sun is shining, the weather is sweet yeah, make you wanna move your dancing feet now” – Bob Marley I felt similarly the morning I got ready for my journey to Bath and Bristol. I felt a glow throughout my body, a buzz in the air. First stop: Cardiff, to pick up […]
Press Release 28/08/2012 NORML UK call on the British government to introduce a regulated cannabis market, following a New Zealand study which found that young people who smoke cannabis risk a significant and irreversible reduction in IQ. An international team found that those who started using cannabis heavily below the age of 18 - while […]