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Cameron’s Irresponsible And Hypocritical Drugs Policy Is a Scandal

Monday, January 14th, 2013

The obnoxious posh toff was suspended from Eton for weed. He undoubtedly shared his chum George Osborne’s penchant for cocaine… Read more…

Topics: alcohol, Bullingdon Club, cannabis, cocaine, David Cameron, drugs policy, Fleet Street, George Osborne, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Affairs committee, hooligan, internet, Labour party, MP, Sativex, tobacco, Tory, weed
Filed under: Politics | 14 Comments »

Two Cautionary Tales For The Cannabis Campaign

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

In the last week or so a furore has blown up around yet another claim that “”cannabis cures cancer”. Foolishly,… Read more…

Topics: Addiction, alcohol, cancer, Cancer Act 1939, cannabis, cannabis oil, Charles Walker, Dr Alasdair MacKenzie, Home Office, Journal of Biological Chemistry, MP, Nadine Dorries, Peter Hitchens, psychosis, Rick Simpson, RSO, The Daily Mail, tobacco, University of Aberdeen
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics, Science | 42 Comments »

Ken Clarke At The HASC Drugs Inquiry

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 »

The CLEAR TOKEpure Campaign

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

The latest TOKEpure graphic uses a quote from Anne Milton. the parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department of… Read more…

Topics: Anne Milton, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Department of Health, Professor David Nutt, The Metro, tobacco, Tokepure
Filed under: Politics, Science | 2 Comments »

Is Cannabis A Drug? Does It Cure Cancer?

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

One of the old, old arguments we’ve often had in the cannabis law reform movement is the question of whether… Read more…

Topics: cancer, cannabis, cure, lungs, medicine, tobacco, tumour
Filed under: Medicine | 4 Comments »

Comment sent to the British Lung Foundation

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

I asked on the BLF Facebook page for a contact e-mail and was given a personal address to send comments to…. Read more…

Topics: BLF, British Lung Foundation, cancer, cannabis, COPD, prohibition, smoke, tobacco
Filed under: Guest blog, Science | 9 Comments »

TokePure – more Anne Milton madness

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

I’m not an anarchist, but I’ll be honest I’m one of these people who have very little respect left for… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, dept health, government, health, Home Office, milton, politician, prohibition, smoking, tobacco, UK
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 »

Dr Robert Lefever, The General Medical Council, The Daily Mail And The Press Complaints Commission

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Dr Robert Lefever is a Daily Mail columnist. In October he wrote an absurd and spectacularly ignorant article about… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, cigarette, doctor, Dr Robert Lefever, Editors' Code, General Medical Council, genetically modified, GMC, Hippocratic oath, Leveson Inquiry, PCC, Press (PCC), ProHos, skunk, THC, The Daily Mail, tobacco
Filed under: Medicine, Politics, Press (PCC), Science | 13 Comments »

Sauce for the goose… ?

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

An interesting news story today regarding the evil weed – tobacco. The latest stage in what may yet turn out… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, deterrent, DoH, health, laws, tobacco
Filed under: Miscellaneous | 6 Comments »

PCC Complaint. The Daily Mail, 7th October 2011

Friday, October 28th, 2011

—– Original Message —– From: Peter Reynolds To: complaints@pcc.org.uk Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:30 PM Subject: Complaint against The… Read more…

Topics: alcohol, cannabis, energy drink, medicine, OTC, POM, Professor Glyn Lewis, Professor Robin Murray, psychosis, The Daily Mail, tobacco, University of Bristol
Filed under: Medicine, Press (PCC), Science | Comments Off

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