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    • Articles Tagged ‘The Independent’

    • Deceitful, Dishonest Daily Mail Falsifies Cannabis Research Again!

      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

    • Professor Sir Robin Murray And The ‘Skunk’ Studies That Don’t Exist

      Sunday, December 9th, 2012

      There is no accepted definition of what science or the media means by ‘skunk’.  The only accurate definition is that… Read more…

      Topics: cannabis, Professor Sir Robin Murray, schizophrenia, skunk, The Independent
      Filed under: Science | 4 Comments »

    • PCC Complaint. The Independent, 26th – 28th November 2012

      Friday, December 7th, 2012

      —– Original Message —– From: Peter Reynolds To: complaints@pcc.org.uk Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 7:54 PM Subject: Complaint against The… Read more…

      Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Leveson, Patrick Cockburn, schizophrenia, The Independent
      Filed under: Press (PCC), Science | 6 Comments »

    • News Release – The Independent’s Inaccurate Reporting On Schizophrenia Underlines Necessity For Tougher Press Regulation.

      Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

      Contact: Peter Reynolds Tel: 07880872022 peterreynolds@clear-uk.org Reply to press@clear-uk.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NO EMBARGO The Independent’s Inaccurate Reporting On Schizophrenia… Read more…

      Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Chris Blackhurst, Clear, Editors' Code, Leveson, Patrick Cockburn, Press (PCC), schizophrenia, Schizophrenia Commission, The Independent
      Filed under: Press Releases | 1 Comment »

    • The Truth About Cannabis That The Independent Refuses To Print.

      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 »

    • The Decline Of The Independent

      Monday, December 3rd, 2012

      Reefer Madness Rehashed The Russian billionaire and oligarch, Alexander Lebedev, also owner of the Evening Standard, definitely wasted his money… Read more…

      Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Alexander Lebedev, cannabis, Chris Blackhurst, COMT, Global Commission on Drugs Policy, Henry's Demons, Independent on Sunday, John Rentoul, Kathy Gyngell, Mail Online, Mary Brett, Melanie Phillips, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Patrick Cockburn, Press (PCC), Professor Sir Robin Murray, Rosie Boycott, schizophrenia, skunk, The Daily Mail, The Independent, Tony Blair
      Filed under: Politics, Press (PCC), Science | 3 Comments »

    • Revenge Of The Daily Mail

      Friday, January 20th, 2012

      Heads Up! Looks like the Mail on Sunday are about to do a hatchet job on me. I just had… Read more…

      Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, David Rose, PCC, Peter Hitchens, Peter Reynolds, Press (PCC), The Independent, The Mail On Sunday
      Filed under: Politics | 26 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 »

    • PCC Complaint. The Independent, 4th June 2011 – NOT UPHELD

      Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

      —– Original Message —– From: Peter Reynolds To: complaints@pcc.org.uk Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 3:04 PM Subject: Complaint against The… Read more…

      Topics: brain damage, cannabis, endocannabinoid system, Richard Ingrams, The Independent, war on drugs
      Filed under: Medicine, Press (PCC), Science | 2 Comments »

    • Public Figures Speak Out

      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 »

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