Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
“Cannabis is a safer drug than aspirin and can be used long-term without serious side effects. It is never possible… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, Dr Clare Gerada, Dr Trevor Turner, Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, Institute of Psychiatry, ISCD, Liverpool University, Professor David Nutt, Professor Glyn Lewis, Professor Les Iversen, Professor Terrie Moffitt, Professor Tim Kirkham, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Psychiatrists, University of Bristol
Filed under: Medicine, Science | 9 Comments »
Friday, April 5th, 2013
It’s nothing new. The Daily Mail is in the business of deliberate misinformation about cannabis. It’s been doing so since… Read more…
Topics: Adolf Hitler, advertising, alcohol, cannabis, Daily Telegraph, David Blunkett, Dr Nils Braakmann, Fleet Street mafia, Gordon Brown, Home Secretary, IQ, John Rentoul, Newcastle University, Paul Dacre, Professor David Nutt, Reefer Madness, skunk, The Daily Mail, The Independent
Filed under: Politics, Press (PCC), Science | Comments Off
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Theresa May is probably the most dangerous woman in Britain. She is responsible for our disastrous drugs policy which kills… Read more…
Topics: alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, drugs policy, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, MP, Professor David Nutt, Theresa May, unit pricing
Filed under: Politics | 7 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 »
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 »
Sunday, October 7th, 2012
A month from today the US elections take place. Common sense dictates that Obama will be re-elected because there is… Read more…
Topics: by-election, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Colombian Police, Corby, Danny Kushlick, Derek Williams, Dr Leal da Costa, election, HASC drugs inquiry, Kathy Gyngell, Keith Vaz, Major General Jose Leon, Mary Brett, medical marijuana, Obama, Peter Hitchens, Professor Alex Stevens, Professor David Nutt, Rick Simpson, Simon Chorley, The Cannabis Geek, The Choom Gang, Tom Lloyd, University of Kent, US, wietpas
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics, Science | 12 Comments »
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Yesterday I travelled to Bristol, to Hewlett Packard’s huge complex near the airport. David Nutt was giving his lecture “Science… Read more…
Topics: Alan Johnson, by-election, cannabis, Clear, Corby, Hewlett Packard, HP, HP Labs, Jacqui Smith, Professor David Nutt, Science and non-science in alcohol and drugs policy, The Daily Mail
Filed under: Politics, Science | 5 Comments »
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3rd September 2012 CLEAR To Contest The Corby By-Election Peter Reynolds, who was elected as leader of… Read more…
Topics: by-election, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Corby, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Louise Mensch, NHS, Northamptonshire, Peter Reynolds, Press (PCC), Professor David Nutt, Professor Terrie Moffitt, protest vote, Sativex, tax and regulate
Filed under: Politics, Press Releases | 12 Comments »
Saturday, September 1st, 2012
I have done my share of writing letters, but it is difficult to see how they can have much of… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Derek Williams, Peter Reynolds, Professor David Nutt, Professor Les Iversen
Filed under: Members blog, Politics | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
At the HASC drugs inquiry, Michael Ellis, MP for Northampton North, demonstrated astonishing prejudice and refusal to listen to evidence…. Read more…
Topics: Danny Kushlick, HASC drugs inquiry, Michael Ellis, MP, Niamh Eastwood, Northampton, Professor David Nutt, Tom Lloyd
Filed under: Politics | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
A guest article by DisqusCannabis. This is the same Ken Clarke that was deputy chairman of British American Tobacco. Ironic… Read more…
Topics: alcohol, Alzheimer's, arthritis, BAT, Boots, British American Tobacco, British Lung Foundation, cancer, depression, Donald Tashkin, GW Pharmaceuticals, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Office, ken clarke, MS, paracetamol, Parkinsons, Professor David Nutt, PTSD, schizophrenia, tobacco
Filed under: Miscellaneous | 9 Comments »