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Cannabis helps with pain and depression
Medicinal cannabis consumer, Jacob, talks about how cannabis helped him with pain and depression, after pharmaceutical drugs failed and gave him nasty side-effects.
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Jo Martin Moss is new NORML UK secretary
NORML UK have welcomed Jo Martin Moss to the team. She replaces Sarah McCulloch as the new NORML UK secretary. Jo is an activist and a medicinal consumer of cannabis herself. She has been using cannabis to treat Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. “I use cannabis for pain management, it also stops most of the cramps/spasms and electric […]
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Another drugs report ignored by Cameron
By Des Humphrey Today’s report in the various newspapers is the third UK report in the last 6 months that has been totally ignored and probably not even read by the Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party Mr David Cameron, who at once upon a time consumed cannabis during his privileged days at Eton, but […]
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By Matt Aldridge The most harmful thing about cannabis is prohibition, the lack of regulation means that we cannot guarantee that the cannabis which gets distributed is as safe as it should be. It is the responsibility of all people involved in the cultivation and distribution of cannabis to be responsible for harm reduction and […]
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Cannabis has moved into the mainstream media and audio books are no exception. WHEN MARIJUANA AND REALITY TV COLLIDE Yikes! Another Quirky Audio Book by Adele Park dares to go where no other audio book has gone: to the heart of polygamist country! Yikes! Another Quirky Audio Book is a satire about a marijuana enthusiast […]
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2012 – A NORML year for cannabis
A look back at the UK cannabis campaign in 2012, the year NORML UK was founded.
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By Richard Shrubb My last blog discussed the endocannabinoid system (ECB). This will tentatively look at how cannabis works when it hits the system, and what medicines may come from research into this. Weed smokers may have changed the world for the better, and advanced medicine in ways few other recreations could ever do. In […]
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Does Jeremy Browne agree with his leader Nick Clegg?
By Des Humphrey Home Office Minister, Jeremy Brown has rejected the recent findings of the HACS committee and its call for a Royal Commission to examine UK drugs policy. In the Telegraph on 10th December 2012 he incorrectly states that cannabis is 6 to 7 times stronger than it was a few years ago and […]
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NORML and UKCSC Amsterdam Trip 2012
By James Tisdale NORML UK and UKCSC recently made a coach trip to Amsterdam to enjoy the city’s famous cannabis coffeeshops. The Dampkring After arriving in Amsterdam and leaving our luggage at the hostel, we made our way to the Dampkring. The warm reception we received from the staff and the goody bags (courtesy of […]
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