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Another victim of the war on drugs and organized crime
Restauranteur in debt to Eastern European gangsters jailed for growing cannabis.
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Ex Head boy kills himself due to outdated cannabis laws
Edward Thornber tragically hung himself two days after wrongly receiving a court summons for being caught smoking cannabis
Continue readingThe True Victims of the War on Drugs
By Kit Wood Last week, Lancashire couple Michael Foster and Susan Cooper were dubbed by the media as the “Robin Hood Couple”, after being sentenced to 3 years each in prison on charges of cannabis production and possessing criminal money. The couple are said to have accumulated around £400,000 over six years by growing a […]
Continue readingThe state of play for drug law reform; ideas for the next phase
By Darryl Bickler, solicitor, Drug Equality Alliance NOWADAYS there is willingness for the medical use of cannabis to be on the debating table in the media and even the BBC. People nowadays talk about regulation of some drugs (actually they mean the users of some drugs) as a possible way of reducing harms and attendant costs. […]
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Why I disagree with drug prohibition
By Sanj Chowdhary I’ve not had internet access for a while due to some recent setbacks, and as I live in a tiny Peak District village, accessing a library or carrying out any proper research is difficult to say the least! So it seems for my first ever NORML UK blog entry I am going to have to write […]
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