Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Keith Vaz and Dr Julian Huppert, members of the Home Affairs select committee, visited Miami and Colombia earlier this month… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, Department of Health, Dr Claire Gerada, drugs policy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Affairs, inquiry, James Brokenshire, Julian Huppert, Keith Vaz, medicinal cannabis, MP, National Treatment Agency, NHS, Paul HAyes, Royal College of GPs, select committee
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
A few weeks ago, Graham de Barra of SSDP Ireland invited me to speak in the debate “Should cannabis be… Read more…
Topics: Brian Houlihan, cannabis, Clear, Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, Cork, Dr Des Corrigan, Dr Johnny Connolly, Ella Goddin, Florian Scheibein, Gordon McArdle, Graham de Barra, Health Research Board, Ireland, Jess Bradley, Levent Akbulut, medical marijuana, medicinal cannabis, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Noel McCullagh, Pat Carey, Paul Sheppard, Richy Sheehy, San Francisco, SSDP, University College Cork, Utopia Nation
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Saturday, February 11th, 2012
The dreadful tragedy of Winston Matthews’ imprisonment was exacerbated today by news from Oxford Crown Court. There, on Friday, Judge… Read more…
Topics: Andrew Walters, cannabis, Caroline Coon, Judge Patrick Eccles, medicinal cannabis, medicine, Oxford Crown Court, Release, sentencing guidleines, Winston Matthews
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Probably quite a lot. I expect to see some significant progress both in the UK and abroad. The campaign has… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, alcohol, Amanda Platell, Andrew Strauss, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, DEA, Echo Pharmaceuticals, GW Pharmaceuticals, heroin, Home Office, Hortapharm, Kannalife, medical marijuana, medicinal cannabis, Moms for Marijuana, MPP, NORML, Obama, PCC, Portman Group, Press Complaints Commission, Sativex, Sentencing Council, the Ashes, The Daily Mail, US
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
For years the Home Office has been trotting out its nonsense about cannabis. Old timers like me can recite… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, cannabis farm, drugs strategy, government, Home Office, John Baron, Lord Henley, medicinal cannabis, minister, MP, Steve McNamara
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