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UKCIA
isn't "pro cannabis", it's better described as a law reform
site, or even an "anti prohibition" site. You don't have
to be a cannabis user, or even like cannabis very much, to understand
the harm prohibition is causing to individuals and the wider society
and to want to do something about it.
Cannabis
is a natural plant which grows widely all over the world. Some forms
of the plant contain a substance known as THC which, together with
certain other chemicals contained in the plant, produce an effect
on perception known - in the UK - as "getting stoned".
This
property is well known in British society and many millions of us
have experienced it, but it is an experience which carries a prison
sentence of five years simply for possessing a sample of the plant,
trading in cannabis can land you with a 14 year stint inside which
is more severe than you can expect for violent assault.
The
aim of this law - called prohibition - is to prevent the use of
cannabis through legal sanctions. It doesn't work and the result
has been to create an illegal, uncontrolled and unregulated trade
which employs hundreds of thousands of people and reaches into every
corner of society. The dangers created by prohibition are outlined
on this site, but they far outweigh anything the plant could do.
Nothing
on earth is "safe", especially things we all enjoy doing
for fun and cannabis is no exception. But prohibition prevents any
rational informed debate about or study of the real dangers cannabis
may or may not be capable of, instead we are fed a diet of hype,
misinformation and downright lies. Even to the extent that this
illegal, uncontrolled and unregulated substance is called a "controlled
drug" by politicians and police. "Controlled", of
course, is the one thing that cannabis is not
Talk to Frank
The government's anti drugs advertising campaign
Talk
to Frank answers some questions about its "Cannabis facts"
- well, sort of. Read the reply to an e-mail sent two months ago!
Following
up on recent observations about the Talk to Frank cannabis information
an e-mail was sent to the Home Office Frank team
Talk
to Frank gives good, honest information shock horror.
The Sunday Telegraph spat blood at Talk to Frank's help line for
giving honest advice.
A cost benefit analysis for the war on drugs? The government just
says no! An examination of
the reasons the Home Office gives for not allowing a proper examination
of the prohibition policy. In truth, they know that if anyone did
such a study, prohibition would be exposed for the sham that it
is.
The
first casualty of war is the truth - prohibition
depends on it.
You
may have heard Talk to Frank adverts on radio and TV that claim
cannabis will make you sick (puke as they put it). Unless you mix
it with alcohol cannabis is very unlikely to do that. The information
given by Talk to Frank is highly questionable in many ways, but
in this instance it is simply wrong. See information on getting
a "whitey"
here.
Cannabis
information critique. Talk to Frank's
latest version of the truth about cannabis - and by far the worst
yet it contains claims which are actually wrong.
Cannabis:
Mess with your mind. Seen the latest offering
from the government's anti drugs advertising agency?
Inaccessible
- despite costing the UK tax payer a huge
amount, the Talk to Frank website is very badly designed. See how
it appears to blind and partially sighted people who use JAWS screen
reading software.
The
Government on Drugs - talk to Frank if
you must

Children
and cannabis - the failure of prohibition
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You
don't have to smoke
to be a class B criminal

Cannabis
can be eaten or madeinto a wide range of drinks which avoid all
the dangers of smoking, but it's not without its own problems
- How to eat cannabis - see here
for more info
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Be
careful:
Illegal
drugs are not controlled drugs.
Prohibition kills.
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UKCIA
is a website of information. We have a Research
Section stuffed with scientific studies and a Library
of significant developments in the law reform debate. We have information
on the Therapeutic
use of cannabis and its Industrial
uses - which some argue are the real reason cannabis is illegal. We
examine the long history cannabis has and the effects of using it
(including the risks) in the Culture
section. Lastly, but sadly not the least important, we have a section
on Politics and Law, the
cause of all the problems.
UKCIA
is here for you to use. Get informed and when you hear stupid people
saying stupid things about cannabis - put them right!
Please
use our Forum to talk
about issues, or tell us what you think with the Feedback
Form.
The
message from UKCIA is simple: if you want change, it's up to you
to make it happen. The first step is to get informed and that's
what this site is here for, please use it.
Reefer
Madness
from the BBC
Here
is an example of Reefer Madness - ill informed opinionated
rubbish - presented as fact by someone who claims to be
an expert. This audio file was taken from by BBC Radio4's
"You and Yours" programme broadcast in 2005
Listen
here (mp3)
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These
words of wisdom come from Marjorie Wallace of the mental health
charity SANE,
Marjorie continues to argue for ever stronger prohibition of
cannabis and still makes similar outlandish claims as she does
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Pragmatism
UKCIA, the what and the why
Whatever
politicians and the police might try to tell you, cannabis is not
really a "controlled drug", prohibition prevents any real
controls.
A
pragmatic approach to law reform challenges this use of doublespeak.
Instead it argues that the potential risks should form the basis
of the regulatory approach.
UKCIA
is a pragmatic cannabis law reform campaign for a drugs policy based
on proper control and regulation of the commercial supply, coupled
with effective harm reduction measures.
Cannabis
pragmaitism and the case for law reform
What is UKCIA?
Contact UKCIA
Welsh
help needed
A
reporter with a good track record is asking for help. He's
looking for someone from Wales who has damaged their health
smoking contaminated cannabis or who has moved onto harder
drugs since failing to find cannabis.
Contact
UKCIA and we will put you in touch
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Cannabis
- the real risks
Warning:
Using cannabis makes you listen to loud music, wear jeans
and hoodies and grow long hair!
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