Politics

UK Update: Alfie Dingley could be granted medical cannabis licence in 4 weeks

09/05/2018 Greg

After every possible legal avenue has been exacerbated pressure on the Government finally made them cave when Hannah Deacon, mother of Alfie Dingley who suffers from a rare debilitating form of epilepsy broke down their walls and managed to start the process for applying for a licence to import medical cannabis products from the Netherlands legally. Alfies mum shares an update about the process which sounds like some positive news. What started out as hope has now converted into belief for one mother desperately and diligently fighting for safe legal…

Do Teenagers in the UK Need More Realistic Drug Education?

16/04/2018 Greg

By Haig Stringer Remember ‘Just say no’, Talk to Frank or ill-conceived anecdotes of teenage drugs misuse intended to foster abstinence? Did these ploys prevent you from using drugs? Maybe*. But more importantly, did these techniques equip you with information you would need to manage both the benefits and harms of legal and illegal substances or to understand how different drug policies influence personal health? Almost certainly not. Currently, the UK government states that schools have a ‘clear role to play in preventing drug misuse’ and should utilise that responsibility…

Is This a Defining Moment for Cannabis in the UK?

22/02/201822/02/2018 Greg

Tomorrow, activists from all over the country will descend on Westminster to make their presence felt in the halls of power. Their reason? The (hopeful) second reading of Paul Flynn MP’s Private Members Bill, which would officially legalise the use of medical cannabis in the UK. This is of course far from the first time that cannabis activists have protested in London. Every year, thousands gather in Hyde Park for the annual 4/20 event, whilst countless patients’ protests and smoke outs have been held outside Parliament, the BBC, and others…

American Marijuana Saga: Are Trump and Sessions Starting A New Drug War?

29/01/201829/01/2018 Greg

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions seem hell-bent on dragging US drug policy back to the eighties, but doing so would have potentially disastrous consequences at home and abroad. Last week, Attorney General Sessions repealed the Cole Memo – an Obama-era policy directive which essentially paved the way for the legalisation of cannabis by instructing federal law enforcement not to prioritise the enforcement of federal drug law in states with medical and/or adult-use cannabis laws. The Memo had been seen as a green light by cannabusinesses, who capitalised on the government’s…

Theresa May Smack Talks Cannabis: Heroin & Suicide?

20/05/201719/01/2018 Staff

Tories Hate Cannabis so much it’s becoming an international joke By Greg de Hoedt and Chris Bovey. Theresa May recently took part in a live question and answer session, during which she was asked why she cannot support cannabis legalisation. The moderator, Robert Peston, relayed the question from a lady called Emma who told the Prime Minister that it’s the only thing that helps her debilitating anxiety, but she has to be a criminal to get the only thing that helps her. May responded that one of her constituents had…