What are UK potheads really like? Are they all the same? Jake Lenton investigates Portrayed by the media as scruffy, lazy, work-shy folk who will eventually succumb to a mental illness, there is no doubt that the cannabis consumer has been negatively stereotyped. Without even cursory reference to over a century’s worth of medical research, […]
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There is no doubting the social, medicinal and economic benefits that will come from the legalisation of medical and recreational cannabis. It could be said that even the prospect of smoking openly without the prospect of intimidation is sufficient benefit in itself.
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As most cannabis users will know April 20th is the highlight of the cannabis calendar. On that day, we all come together to enjoy a smoke and press for change in drug laws that are outdated and misguided.
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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.
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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.
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Get involved, get active, help Britain’s leading cannabis law reform group change cannabis laws in the UK.
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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.
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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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Judge Richard Hone QC says there is little difference between skunk cannabis and heroin or crack cocaine.
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Sensible cannabis laws pose ‘very grave danger’ to unelected UN bureaucrats at the International Narcotics Control Board
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