Farce and corruption: drugs minister Victoria Atkins MP recuses herself from drugs debate 'due to my husband's business interests'

A debate in parliament on Drug Consumption Rooms yesterday once again exposed the blatant corruption at the heart of British politics that makes progressive reform in this country so difficult to attain.

Farcically, Victoria Atkins MP – the drugs minister – recused herself from responding to points relating to cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids “due to the potential for a conflict of interest with my husband’s business interests”.

The SNP’s Ronnie Cowan MP, who supports reform, had to cut out a section of his speech as a result. He posted the video of the debacle on Twitter:

My drugs policy debate in @HouseofCommons has just finished. However, interesting to note the Minister had to start her remarks by indicating she cannot talk about cannabis or synthetic cannabinoids due to the "potential conflict of interest with her husbands business". pic.twitter.com/9eexHLarc7
— Ronnie Cowan MP (@ronniecowan) October 23, 2018

Atkins, who opposes legalisation and decriminalisation, is married to the managing director of British Sugar, Paul Kenward. British Sugar grows cannabis seedlings for medicine in partnership with GW Pharmaceuticals. Atkins therefore benefits directly financially from keeping cannabis illegal so that her husband’s monopoly is not undermined by cheaper alternatives.

Atkins said she would ask the policing minister Nick Hurd MP write answers in lieu of her response. We wonder what he thinks about cannabis social clubs?

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David 26th October 2018 at 3:51 AM

Canons of Ecclesiastical Law Article 72 - Sacred Drugs Canon 3935 A Sacred Drug or entheogen is any naturally occurring substance with psychoactive properties used in a psychotherapeutic, religious, shamanic or spiritual context by a Religion or Cult. A psychoactive substance is any drug that crosses the blood-brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system, resulting in changes in perception, cognition, mood, consciousness and behaviour. Canon 3936 Almost all Religions and Cults use and continue to use Sacred Drugs as an integral part of their sacred rituals. The most significant psychoactive substances throughout history for Religions and Cults, particularly sacred literature, have been hallucinogens. Canon 3937 While there are many forms of natural entheogens, five of the oldest and most Sacred Drugs of the founding of ancient civilization are the red berries of the European Holly Plant, considered the oldest most sacred plant of Civilized history, Cannabis, also known as Hemp and Marijuana, the Opium Poppy of the plains of Asia, Psilocybin Mushrooms and the venom of poisonous animals such as Toads. Canon 3938 Of the oldest and most Sacred Drugs of all civilized history the most important is without question Cannabis, also known as Hemp and Marijuana on account of its robustness, medicinal qualities and use as a primary source of superior fibre. Until its deliberate restriction and outlaw in the 20th Century for purely strategic political and commercial reasons, marijuana had historically represented the single most important crop of civilized agriculture next to grain. Canon 3939 Prior to the deliberate outlaw and restriction of superior naturally grown psychoactive drugs by certain Cults in preference of synthetic manufactured inferior copies, psychoactive drugs for medicine and religious practice were largely free. Canon 3940 Given the location, culture and natural availability of certain entheogens, Religions and Cults have adopted certain favoritisms towards certain Sacred Drugs throughout history. The most historically significant is the preference of the satanic Menes-heh and moloch worshipping priests of Ur, Syria and Palestine to mushrooms, while the Scythian/Khazars preferred marijuana and opium. Canon 3941 The significant worship of mushrooms by the Menesheh remains evident by the historic adoption of sacred clothing symbolizing the importance of the mushroom, particularly in subsequent Religions and Cults created by the descendents of the Menesheh in later centuries. Canon 3942 A particular trait of mushroom consumption is the predictable visual distortions of “Halluciogenic Entoptic Phenomena” implying the existence of a fractal-like substructure to nature based upon lines, lattice structures, triangles, serpent waves and squares in contrast to the real shapes of the universe. Hence, this geometric information is prevalent in Religions and Cults where their priests were addicted to these kinds of hallucinogenic drugs particularly in the form of triangular shapes. Canon 3943 Knowledge of the Sacred Drugs preferred by certain Religions and Cults permits certain prediction to be made on the quality and nature of alleged sacred scripture written by their clergy throughout history when addicted to those substances. Canon 3944 While the psychotropic effects of “magic mushrooms” may imply a deeper consciousness, a frequent by-product of such poisons is psychosis and sociopathic behaviour, particularly exceptionally dark and disconnected writing that has absolutely no connection whatsoever to the Divine. Canon 3945 While Marijuana, also known as Cannabis is the most sacred plant of all plants for the Scythians and peoples of Southern Mongolia, their subsequent rise to power and deliberately outlaw use of Cannabis extends to most of the world, excluding at the start of the 21st Century certain Arabian nations and in particular a centre of cultural significance for them called Amsterdam. Canon 3946 Since the 20th Century, governments throughout the world have largely deprived their populations of cheap naturally grown pain killers in preference to supporting global commercial cartels of synthetic pain killers, often with numerous side effects. This global imbalance has contributed to the deliberate corruption and breakdown of societies as well as law and order across the world. Canon 3947 Any statute that prevents naturally grown Sacred Drugs to be produced in preference to inferior synthetic drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies is an offense against all civilization and all cultures and is immediately null and void. Canon 3948 Any leader of any Religion or Cult that seeks to maintain the lie of alleging naturally grown Sacred Drugs are immoral in preference to synthetic and inferior varieties automatically consents, agrees and concedes they are without any moral authority, spiritual authority and are a willing heretic against the history of all faiths.