UK

Sacked Adviser Urges Cannabis Probe

jeremiah — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:46:33 -0800

Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised.

Editors note: Read more about the David Nutt affair here on Cannabis Culture.

Prof Nutt told the BBC the possibility of allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes should be "explored".

Accept The Facts – and End This Futile 'War on Drugs'

jeremiah — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:51:03 -0800

Illustration by Eva Tatcheva

The proponents of the "war on drugs" are well-intentioned people who believe they are saving people from the nightmare of drug addiction and making the world safer. But this self-image has turned into a faith – and like all faiths, it can only be maintained by cultivating a deliberate blindness to the evidence.

Sacking of UK Drug Chief Sparks Major Controversy

jeremiah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:13:16 -0800

CANNABIS CULTURE - The fallout continues after the UK's top drug adviser, David Nutt, was fired for claiming cannabis and ecstasy are safer than alcohol and tobacco, with several resignations, increasing criticism of the government, and the possible collapse of the country's advisory council on drugs.

Jacob responds to Jon Ferry on David Nutt firings

Jacob Hunter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:35:49 -0800

Mr Ferry,

While I strongly disagree with you about the latitude which should be afforded scientists in the policy process, I do understand your position.

That being said, why do you not come out strongly when the RCMP (Or, as it was last week, the OPP) issue press releases with unsubstantiated and alarmist statements about the danger of marijuana cultivation facilities?

UK Drug Chief Fired For Cannabis Comments

jeremiah — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:07:58 -0700

Government drug adviser David Nutt sacked

Professor David Nutt, the government's chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.

Nutt incurred the wrath of the government when he claimed in a paper that alcohol and tobacco were more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD, ecstasy and cannabis.

Cannabis Get-Together At Award-Winning Park in UK

jeremiah — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:01:47 -0700

The Legalise Cannabis Alliance from the UK will hold an anti-prohibition event at the award-winning Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham.Cannon Hill Park is one of the premier parks in the city of Birmingham as well as the West Midlands and has been awarded Green Flag status as a result of its beautiful flowerbeds, lakes, pools and a wonderful selection of tree species. But on August 9th 2009 the park will play host to a group of people who are advocating an entirely different type of plant: the much maligned cannabis plant.

UK Cop Accuses Colleagues of Waterboarding Pot Suspects

jeremiah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:24:57 -0700

Six members of London’s metropolitan police force are the focus of a criminal investigation after a corruption probe revealed allegations by a serving officer that detectives waterboarded suspects allegedly caught with a “large amount” of marijuana.

British Government Ignores Scientific Advice and Reclassifies Cannabis

jeremiah — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:51:55 -0800

The British government's decision to ignore scientific advice has been controversialCannabis has been reclassified in England and Wales by the government from a Class C to a Class B drug, carrying a higher maximum jail sentence for possession.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said there was "uncertainty at the least" on the future impact on young people's mental health as a result of using cannabis.

Cannabis Hemp - The New Oil Fields?

jeremiah — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:33:42 -0800

A Canadian hemp farmer brings down a harvest to sell just 20 miles over the border in Dakota, US, where the same crop is a "Schedule 1 Narcotic".British Cannabis Lobby demands UK government acknowledge hemp's potential as a renewable resource and medicine.

The British Cannabis Lobby is to write to the UK government, over what its calling the "gross mishandling" of the nation.

United Kingdom: The Drug Laws Don't Work

karlis — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cannabis and Big Ben in EnglandFifty years ago, Lenny Bruce, the American comedian who was pursued relentlessly by the police for his drug use, remarked that cannabis would be legal soon, "because the many law students who now smoke pot will some day become congressmen and legalise it in order to protect themselves".

Europe Flooded with Contaminated Cannabis

karlis — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

After putting all the major importers and producers of cannabis out of business last summer of 2006, the United Kingdon government and its ultra-secret drug war have caused a flood of hazardous pot to hit the Welsh and English cannabis markets.

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