Dirty political tricks and the membership of the ACMD
Welcome to the new dark ages.
drugs
Importing medical cannabis to the UK – Home Office replies
The UK drug law as it applies to cannabis is coming under a lot of pressure and yet this government are desperate to keep their hard line prohibition policy intact whatever the evidence and whatever the harm they cause. It really is quite pathetic.
The Government on drugs
Prohibition is a policy politicians believe is effective but which is simply not supported by hard evidence of any kind, indeed there is much to show that it is in large part self defeating and causes far greater harm than properly controlled drug markets ever could.
Scumoween free party speakeasy
Last weekend “Scumoween: The Squat Monster’s Ball” blew it all out of the water. The modern equivalent of a speakeasy is, of course, an illegal rave and this one, despite all the laws put in place over the last 10 or more years took place right in the heart of London and the was nothing the police could do to stop it.
Pathways to problems – a report best buried.
As long as the prevention effort is directed against the adult trade in prohibited drugs, kids are just collateral damage and nothing specific can be done to protect them. So all in all as far as cannabis goes this follow up report was probably best buried.