Gordon Brown, the prime minister, is showing himself to be a walking disaster area with a whole series of what can only be described as “cock-ups” of late. Well, here’s another one: Cannabis Reclassification.
This blog has already mentioned the upcoming review of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act (To B or […]

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Because of prohibition, probably most young cannabis users in the UK know of only two kinds of cannabis: “solid” or “Green”, by which they mean low grade hash or herbal. Despite a whole generation of cannabis use, people are generally more ignorant about what is on offer now than they ever were.
In truth, as anyone […]

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Perhaps the best indicator of a truly free press is investigative reporting that questions official statements and looks beyond the symptoms to the root causes of problems. Sadly, that isn’t something we have in abundance in the UK where our many papers are in fact almost all owned by a handful of companies and seem […]

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Over the past four years or so the Daily Mail newspaper has been amongst the most rabid of the tabloid press as regards cannabis. It’s carried story after story about the supposed dangers of cannabis use, and is of course home to Melanie Phillips, who’s views are always good for a laugh.
If there were to […]

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UKCIA has been warning about contaminated cannabis for over a year now. Back in December 2006 we were a alerted to the “Grit weed” problem - herbal cannabis containing microscopic glass beads. Things, it seems, have just taken a turn for the worse - much worse.
The April 10th issue of the New England Journal of […]

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