Professor Les Iversen

What The Experts Say About Cannabis

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 »

Home Office Deception On Medicinal Cannabis

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Two years after the ACMD first advised that Sativex should be in schedule 4 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations,… Read more…

Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Anna Soubry, cannabis, GW Pharmaceuticals, Jeremy Browne, Professor Les Iversen, Sativex
Filed under: Law, Medicine | 11 Comments »

The Truth Will Out

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 »

Tomorrow, Tuesday, 19th June, Is A Very Important Day For The Cannabis Campaign

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Tomorrow, at the HASC drugs inquiry, Professor David Nutt leads the first group of genuinely impartial, expert witnesses. Until… Read more…

Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, British Lung Foundation, cannabis, Dr Les King, Global Commission on Drug Policy, HASC drugs inquiry, Kathy Gyngell, Keith Vaz, Mary Brett, Peter Hitchens, Professor David Nutt, Professor Les Iversen, Roger Howard, Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Russell Brand, Sir Richard Branson, UK Drug Policy Commission, UKDPC
Filed under: Politics | 25 Comments »

The Sativex Scam Becomes A Scandal

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Laurel Bush, a CLEAR member, is working diligently and courageously on exposing the truth about Sativex and the dishonest and… Read more…

Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Dr David Potter, Dr Geoffrey Guy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, Home Secretary, Laurel Bush, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA, nabiximols, Professor Les Iversen, Professor Sir Kent Woods, Sativex
Filed under: Medicine, Science | 26 Comments »

Bringing Cannabis Back Into The Medicine Cabinet

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Professor Les Iversen delivers the Inaugural President’s Public Lecture during the BPS Winter Meeting, London 2010. Prof. Iversen is the… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, Professor Les Iversen
Filed under: Medicine, Science | 4 Comments »

The Truth About Sativex

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Originally published 19th October 2010 Sativex is super strong, concentrated cannabis. Nothing more, nothing less. GW Pharmaceuticals would have you… Read more…

Topics: Access Sativex, ACMD, Action4MS, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Alta California, Bayer, Bedrocan, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Gropech, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, medical marijuana, MHRA, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, MS, Professor H.P. Hartung, Professor Les Iversen, Sativex
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics, Science | 12 Comments »

Review Of 2011. Part One.

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

From Christmas 2010 until April 2011 Reverberating into the first days of 2011 were two key events. There was Bob… Read more…

Topics: Alun Buffry, BBC, Bob Ainsworth, Bringing Cannabis Back Into the Medicine Cabinet, British Pharmacological Society, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Cannabis:What's The Harm, Clark French, Clear, climate change, Don Barnard, Facebook, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Greg de Hoedt, GW Pharmaceuticals, Henry's Demons, How Drugs Work, Hughie Green, Hyde Park, James Brokenshire, Jason Reed, Kofi Annan, Labour party, LCA, leader, leadership election, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Mark Kennedy, MS. Crohn's disease, NORML, Patrick Cockburn, Peter Hitchens, police, Press (PCC), Professor David Nutt, Professor Les Iversen, Sarah Martin, Seedsman, Sir Ian Gilmour, Sir Richard Branson, Stuart Warwick, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, The Daily Mail, Tom Raikes, UK420, website, When We Grow, Winston Matthews
Filed under: Politics | 8 Comments »

Reefer Madness In A Final Frenzy

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

The Unexpurgated Version! In the mid 1930s, after the end of alcohol prohibition, Harry Anslinger, former assistant commissioner at the… Read more…

Topics: Al Jazeera, alcohol, America, Baroness Manningham-Buller, Belgium, Big Booze, Big Pharma, Britain, cancer, cannabis, Cannabis Skunk Sense, Charles Walker, cocaine, COMT, Crohn's disease, Czech Republic, David Cameron, DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration, drugs, endocannabinoid, fibromyalgia, France, gene, Gil Kerlikowske, Global Initiative on Drug Policy Reform, Gordon Brown, government, GW Pharmaceuticals, Harry Anslinger, Holland, Home Office, Independent on Sunday, Institute of Psychiatry, Italy, James Brokenshire, John Rentoul, Judge Alan Goldsack, marijuana, Mary Brett, medicinal cannabis, Michelle Leonhart, minister, MS, Paul Dacre, prime minister, Professor Les Iversen, Professor Robin Murray, prohibition, psychosis, Randolph Hearst, Reefer Madness, Sativex, Schengen Agreement, Sheffield, skunk, Slovakia, South Yorkshire Police, Spain, Switzerland, The Daily Mail, The Independent, tobacco, YouTube
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics, Press (PCC), Science | 20 Comments »

Sheffield Police And Judge Engaged In ‘Brutal Terrorism’ Against The Public

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Press Release For immediate release 31st October 2011 Sheffield Police And Judge Engaged In ‘Brutal Terrorism’ Against The Public The… Read more…

Topics: alcohol, Bob Chapman, cannabis, Cannabis Truth roadshow, crack cocaine, Crohn's disease, David Blunkett, heroin, Howard Marks, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Judge Alan Goldsack, medicine, MP, Mr Nice, MS, Nick Clegg, Office of Judicial Complaints, police, Professor Les Iversen, science, Sheffield, skunk
Filed under: Politics, Press Releases, Science | 5 Comments »

“Judge Vows To Put Anyone Growing Cannabis Immediately Behind Bars”

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

SHEFFIELD’S top judge has issued a stark warning to anyone caught growing cannabis in South Yorkshire – immediate prison… Read more…

Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, alcohol, cannabis, Judge Alan Goldsack, Professor Les Iversen, Sentencing Council, Sheffield, Sheffield Telegraph, tax and regulate, The Star, Therapeutic Ratio
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Science | 32 Comments »

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