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The Sativex Scandal Deepens. Corruption And Dishonesty At The Home Office.

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

Whose Pockets Are Being Filled By The British Government’s Corrupt Cannabis Policy? The mists of deception and the stench of… Read more…

Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, corruption, Dr Geoffrey Guy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, MoDA, Professor David Nutt, Sativex, war on drugs
Filed under: Law, Medicine, Politics | 14 Comments »

Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves The Drug War Is A Joke

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Editor’s Note: Originally published on 13th December 2012 in Rolling Stone, this is one of the… Read more…

Topics: banker, banks, Bill Clinton, cannabis, criminal, drugs, HSBC, Lanny Breuer, London, marijuana, Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, UK, war on drugs
Filed under: Law, Politics | 12 Comments »

News Release – CLEAR Is Breaking The Taboo

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Contact: Peter Reynolds Tel: 07880872022 peterreynolds@clear-uk.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NO EMBARGO CLEAR Is Breaking The Taboo ‘Breaking the Taboo’… Read more…

Topics: Alexandra Burke, Bill Clinton, Breaking the Taboo, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Dizzee Rascal, Eddie Izzard, Gary Barlow, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Holly Branson, Jimmy Carter, Kate Winslet, Lord Sugar, Mia Farrow, Mo Farah, Morgan Freeman, Peter Jones, Peter Reynolds, richard branson, Ronan Keating, Sam Branson, war on drugs
Filed under: Press Releases | 9 Comments »

HASC Drugs Inquiry. Cannabis Is Not the Same As Heroin!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

The latest session of oral evidence was mainly about drugs in prisons although the final witness was Ken Clarke MP,… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, drugs, HASC drugs inquiry, Keith Vaz, ken clarke, Peter Reynolds, prison, war on drugs
Filed under: Politics | 9 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 »

Does Cannabis Make You Mad?

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Reefer Madness Or A Cause For Concern? Are the claims of a link between cannabis and mental illness prohibition inspired… Read more…

Topics: addictive, adolescent, alcohol, anti-psychotic, brain, cannabidiol, cannabis, cannabis farm, CBD, chemical, children, cod science, COMT, correlation, criminal record, Denmark, Dr Zerrin Atakan, drug, drugs policy, gene, government, hallucination, hash, hashish, Holland, Home Office, Independent on Sunday, Jouko Miettunen, Keele University, legalisation, madness, media, medicine, mental health, mental illness, National Institute for Mental Health, North Africa, paranoia, plasticity, police, potency, premorbid indication, prodromal symptom, Prof Philip McGuire, Professor Glyn Lewis, prohibition, propaganda, psychiatric, psychosis, psychotropic, Reefer Madness, reform, regulation, research, resin, Rethink, schizophrenia, scientist, skunk, Stan Zammit, strain, strength, teenager, tetrahydrocannabinol, Thai stick, THC, tobacco, UK, US, war on drugs
Filed under: mental health | 27 Comments »

Students For Sensible Drug Policy

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

It sometimes feels like we will never bring about any meaningful drug law reform. Every time we take one step… Read more…

Topics: cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clark French, Clear, Cure Ukay, decriminalisation, drug law reform, festival, harm reduction, LCA, Leeds University, legalisation, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Manchester, media, medicine, MP, Peter Reynolds, politician, prohibition, recreational, reform, regulation, society, SSDP, student, student union, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK, war on drugs
Filed under: Law, Politics | 2 Comments »

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