This all started when I was arrested in Portsmouth for possession of a small quantity of a so-called class B drug, namely in Police jargon ‘Herbal cannabis’ at 15:00 on Thursday the 5th April. When the police officer asked me if I had any of the aforementioned substance I handed him my tobacco tin with a couple of grams of the illicit material.
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Cannabis 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 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 readingStreet dealing rises in Maascricht following ‘pot tourism’ crackdown
Since the introduction of the ban on foreigners from buying cannabis in the coffeeshops of Maastricht in southern Holland, locals have complained of an increase in street dealing.
Continue readingJudge Richard Hone QC says little difference between cannabis and heroin
Judge Richard Hone QC says there is little difference between skunk cannabis and heroin or crack cocaine.
Continue readingInternational Narcotics Control Board and cannabis
Sensible cannabis laws pose ‘very grave danger’ to unelected UN bureaucrats at the International Narcotics Control Board
Continue readingCaroline Lucas MP’s drug petition reaches 100k signatures
Brighton Pavilion MP’s petition for a review of drug laws reaches 100,000 signatures.
Continue readingColorado knows the way to grow
A NORML UK exclusive from the Green Man Cannabis store in Colorado.
Continue readingObama on pot
Obama says cannabis is safer than alcohol, NORML UK is urging you to write to your MP to ask if they agree.
Continue readingClark French on Sky News
NORML UK’s Clark French is interviewed live on Sky News in the UK.
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