So, it’s the morning after the night before 420. I’ve only just dried out and already an article has popped up in the Daily Mail claiming only a few dozen pro cannabis supporters turned up in the park due to the heavy rain …
Continue readingThe Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Refuses to Advise.
If you are interested in cannabis, or just drug issues in general in the United Kingdom, you should be familiar with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). They are a committee formed by the government comprised of experts in the field. The chair of the ACMD says cannabis is no longer an issue for them because the cannabis has become politicised.
Continue readingBehind the Scenes of The Culture High – Part 4
Part four of Jason Reed’s exclusive look behind the scenes of new and upcoming cannabis documentary, The Culture High.
Continue readingJudges, Judicial Conduct and General Jackassery
You might have read about the latest outrageous judgement by Judge Bernie Kelly a member of the bench in the United Kingdom. She’s a judge in Derry in Northern Ireland in the event you don’t know, who decided to offer her medical wisdom on the subject of cannabis. It’s become an old story, crotchety old judge hands down ridiculous decision accompanied by a fountain of ignorance on the subject of cannabis.
Continue readingLondon 420 Pro-Cannabis Rally Hyde Park 2014
Do something different this Easter Sunday. Make your way to the London 420 Pro Cannabis Rally in Hyde Park on Sunday 20th April 2014.
Continue readingJudge sends ‘slaves’ forced to grow cannabis to prison
A court has sentenced two Vietnamese men caught growing hundreds of cannabis plants in a Portsmouth house to a year in prison each after hearing they were ‘virtually slaves’.
Continue readingCannabis and Corporations: The Future of Weed
As you may or may not have heard there has recently been a major change in the Canadian Medical Marijuana program. The sitting Conservative government has decided that rather than leave Health Canada to grow low-quality medical cannabis in an old mine in Manitoba, that private industry should be licensed to meet the demand. This is a major change of direction for medical cannabis in Canada, and I believe an indication of the shape of the future cannabis market both medical and recreational.
Continue readingWork for cannabis law reform with NORML UK
Get involved, get active, help Britain’s leading cannabis law reform group change cannabis laws in the UK.
Continue readingWhich cannabis model should the UK adopt?
Much of the world is reforming cannabis laws and legal weed will happen one day in the UK. Chris Roach looks at different various different legal cannabis models from around the world and asks which model might be the best for the UK.
Continue readingMatthew Grove Humberside PCC living in Cloud Cuckoo Land
Matthew Grove the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside wants to waste valuable police resources harassing peaceful cannabis consumers and says there will be no liberalisation of cannabis policing on his watch.
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