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Medicinal Cannabis – The Issue The HASC Drugs Inquiry Must Address

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

What is the point of drugs policy? I think everyone would agree that it must be about protecting people –… Read more…

Topics: Alzheimer's disease, Appeal Court, cancer, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, drugs policy, GW Pharmaceuticals, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Affairs, James Brokenshire, Keith Vaz, Marijuana Gateway To Health, medicinal cannabis, select committee, Sentencing Council, Theresa May
Filed under: Medicine, Politics, Science | 9 Comments »

Change Is In Sight

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

I really believe that change in our cannabis laws is imminent. Since the CLEAR campaign began the whole impetus for… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Comment Warriors, drugs policy, inquiry, Press (PCC), Sentencing Council
Filed under: Politics | 2 Comments »

Goldsack Must Go.

Monday, March 5th, 2012

The brutal oaf that is Judge Alan Goldsack acted deliberately in defiance of the new Sentencing Council guidelines on Friday… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Judge Alan Goldsack, Peter Reynolds, Sentencing Council, Sheffield, The Daily Mail
Filed under: Law | 23 Comments »

Effectively, Growing Your Own Has Been Decriminalised. We Are FREE!

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

CAUTION. The possession, cultivation, production, supply and importation of cannabis remain illegal. CLEAR neither condones nor encourages the breaking of… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, drug offences, guidelines, medicinal, Sentencing Council
Filed under: Law, Medicine | 60 Comments »

Putting Peter Hitchens And Kathy Gyngell Straight About Cannabis

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Kathy Gyngell is an ex-producer of downmarket daytime TV. Now there’s nothing the matter with that at all. I’ve produced… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, Centre for Policy Studies, Clear, Kathy Gyngell, Peter Hitchens, Peter Reynolds, Sentencing Council, The Daily Mail
Filed under: Politics | 17 Comments »

Medicinal Use Of Cannabis Recognised As Mitigation

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

The Sentencing Council has published its new drug offences guidelines. These come into force in the courts on 27th February… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, medicinal cannabis, mitigation, Sentencing Council
Filed under: Medicine, Politics | 31 Comments »

Sentencing Council Drug Offences Guidelines

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

The new drug offences guidelines will be published on the Sentencing Council website at 00.01 tomorrow morning, 24th January 2012…. Read more…

Topics: cannabis, drug, guidelines, Sentencing Council
Filed under: Law, Politics | 3 Comments »

What Does 2012 Hold For The Cannabis Campaign?

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 (PCC), Sativex, Sentencing Council, the Ashes, The Daily Mail, US
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics, Press (PCC) | 25 Comments »

Review Of 2011. Part Two

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Click here for Part One From April until September Early in April the Sentencing Council announced its public consultation on… Read more…

Topics: Alun Buffry, Anne Milton, Any Questions, Baroness Browning, BBC, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Cannabis Truth roadshow, Charles Walker, Chris Bovey, Clark French, Clear, daily mail, Dan Ford, Derek Williams, Des Humphrey, Dr Stanley Zammit, Earl Howe, ENCOD, European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies, Facebook, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Greg de Hoedt, GW Pharmaceuticals, Henry's Demons, Home Office, IACM, IDMU, Independent Drug Monitoring Unit, International Assocation for Cannabinoid Medicine, Jake Ish, James Brokenshire, Jan Wells, John Rentoul, Judge Christopher Plunkett, Justin Gover, Leanne Wood, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Les Iversen, Levent Akbulut, Lord Henley, Mark Palmer, Matthew Atha, Nadine Dorries, Office of Judicial Complaints, OJC, Patrick Cockburn, Paul Flynn, PCC, Peter Black, Peter Hitchens, Plaid Cymru, police, Press (PCC), Professor Glyn Lewis, Professor Lester Grinspoon, Rhys Morgan, Sativex, Sentencing Council, Tokepure, Truthjuice, UKCIA, Winston Matthews
Filed under: Politics | 2 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 »

We’re Not Asking For A Change In The Law

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

I’m writing to Baroness Browning tonight asking her to take action for people who need cannabis as medicine. It’s very… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, civil servant, decriminalisation, doctor, Home Office, medicinal cannabis, minister, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, parliament, prescription, Sentencing Council, Treasury
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics | 8 Comments »

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