Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Today the inquiry is due to hear from from the National Offender Management Service. The witnesses are Richard Bradshaw, Director of Offender… Read more…
Topics: Digby Griffith, HASC drugs inquiry, ken clarke, National Offender Management Service, Release, Richard Bradshaw, Serious and Organised Crime Agency, Tom Lloyd, Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Trevor Pearce
Filed under: Politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Is that headline familiar? You may remember that CLEAR published something very similar two months ago: Effectively, Growing Your… Read more…
Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, crazy stoner, drugs policy, Release, The Economist
Filed under: Law, Politics | 12 Comments »
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
Filed under: Law, Politics | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
With the news headlines full of drugs reform headlines, it has been a tough time for prohibitionists. With each passing… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, bad science, Britain, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, dr ben goldacre, Global Commission on Drug Policy, government, Release, science, The Daily Mail, The Guardian
Filed under: Entertainment, Miscellaneous, Politics, Science | 5 Comments »
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Today Release published an ad in the Guardian which stands alongside the famous Times advertisement of 1967 as a record… Read more…
Topics: advertisement, Al Jazeera, BBC, Britain, cannabis, civil service, Clear, David Cameron, Global Commission on Drug Policy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Haringey, Home Office, media, mental health, minister, New York, Office for Judicial Complaints, politician, Press (PCC), psychosis, Release, Sativex, Sharon Shoesmith, Sir Richard Branson, Sky, The Guardian, tincture, Waldorf Astoria, Worcester Crown Court
Filed under: Business, Law, Medicine, Politics | 19 Comments »
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
It is the anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. There is no doubt, despite being a good piece… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Britain, cannabis, Clear, Dame Judi Dench, drug, evidence, government, Professor Les Iversen, prohibition, Release, Sir Richard Branson, Sting, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Independent
Filed under: Miscellaneous | 3 Comments »