Monday, April 1st, 2013
Dishonesty is at the root of the legislative changes about to come into force concerning Sativex, the cannabis medicine produced… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, alcohol lobby, Bayer Healthcare, cannabis, Chris Stevens, David Cameron, Department of Health, Fleet Street, fraud, GW Pharmaceuticals, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Affairs select committee, Home Office, Home Secretary, Keith Vaz, Laurel Bush, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Privy Council, prohibition, Sativex, scandal
Filed under: Business, Law, Medicine, Politics | 10 Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Whose Pockets Are Being Filled By The British Government’s Corrupt Cannabis Policy? The mists of deception and the stench of… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, corruption, Dr Geoffrey Guy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, MoDA, Professor David Nutt, Sativex, war on drugs
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics | 14 Comments »
Monday, January 21st, 2013
David Cameron’s irresponsible and hypocritical drugs policy was exposed for the sham that it is in the House of Commons… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, coalition, Daniel Poulter, David Cameron, Department of Health, drugs policy, FRANK, Home Office, NHS, Nick de Bois
Filed under: Medicine, Politics | 27 Comments »
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
A very happy New Year to all CLEAR members and supporters. 2012 was a tumultuous year which saw great progress… Read more…
Topics: Alan Hobday, Buster Dawson, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Comment Warriors, conference, Department of Health, Derek Williams, Graham Smith, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Office, Jan Wells, Joel Dalais, Keith Vaz, Leveson Inquiry, Mark Palmer, medicinal cannabis, MP, Peter Reynolds, police, Police and Crime Commissioner, Press (PCC)
Filed under: Politics | 23 Comments »
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
The Supreme Administrative Court of Munster has ruled that under strict conditions severely ill Germans will be allowed to grow… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, David Cameron, Dr Franjo Grotenhermen, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, IACM, International Association For Cannabinoid Medicines, Kent Science Park, medicine, MHRA, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Porton Dwon, Sativex, Sittingbourne, Supreme Administrative Court of Munster, Theresa May, UN Single Convention 1961, Wiltshire
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics | 8 Comments »
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Two days ago I wrote to Keith Vaz asking him why the drugs inquiry hadn’t considered the vital issue of medicinal cannabis…. Read more…
Topics: cannabis, Department of Health, drugs, GW Pharmaceuticals, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Office, Keith Vaz, medicinal cannabis, Sativex
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
CLEAR and 38 degrees have launched a petition calling on the present prime minister, David Cameron, to implement the recommendations… Read more…
Topics: 38 Degrees, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Department of Health, drugs policy, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Office, petition, Royal Commission
Filed under: Politics | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
After the disgraceful misinformation and false science about cannabis printed in The Independent last week, I made direct contact with… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, Chris Blackhurst, Dr Clare Gerada, Dr Trevor Turner, Editors' Code, Home Office, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, Leveson, Liverpool University, Patrick Cockburn, Press (PCC), Professor David Nutt, Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor Terrie Moffitt, Professor Tim Kirkham, prohibition, psychosis, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sativex, schizophrenia, THC, The Independent, University of Bristol
Filed under: Medicine, Politics, Press (PCC), Science | 11 Comments »
The CLEAR Cannabis Law Reform Campaign In 2013
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013A very happy New Year to all CLEAR members and supporters. 2012 was a tumultuous year which saw great progress… Read more…
Topics: Alan Hobday, Buster Dawson, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Comment Warriors, conference, Department of Health, Derek Williams, Graham Smith, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Office, Jan Wells, Joel Dalais, Keith Vaz, Leveson Inquiry, Mark Palmer, medicinal cannabis, MP, Peter Reynolds, police, Police and Crime Commissioner, Press (PCC)
Filed under: Politics | 23 Comments »