Part 2 - what is “Harm Reduction”?
So where now?
This seems to be the big question struggling to find it’s way onto the agenda of cannabis law reform campaigners over recent months.
Perhaps first it’s time for a quick review of how the case for cannabis law reform has been made in the past, which went […]

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A tale of two drugs this week, one illegal and one legal, but both showing that what ever it is the government are trying to do isn’t working.

Paul Hayes of the NTA in the Guardian

Firstly poor old Paul Hayes of the National Treatment Agency (NTA) went into print in the Guardian to defend the organisation […]

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The Daily Mail, never a paper to let the truth get in the way of a good story at the best of times, really went to town this week by exposing a new threat posed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The rag reported on Thursday that the good old RAF had helped protect this country […]

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Tin hats on again; the Daily Mail had a cannabis news story to crow about this week
Teenage cannabis smokers face bigger risk of full-blown mental illness in later life
Teenage cannabis users are more likely to suffer psychotic symptoms that raise the risk of full-blown mental illness in later life, claim researchers.
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Their findings will bolster the […]

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Two developments this week on the “what to do about drug addiction” front, one about problematic use of illegal drugs, and one about a legal drug. The two responses couldn’t be more different. Not only that, but we’ve got a new buzz word on the illegal drug front: “Recovery”. Ah yes, of course, everyone wants […]

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