09 Jul 2011

PCC Complaint. The Belfast Telegraph, 23rd June 2011

----- Original Message -----From: Peter ReynoldsTo: complaints@pcc.org.ukSent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 2:00 PMSubject: Complaint against the Belfast Telegraph, issue dated 23rd June 2011 Dear Sirs, "Time to get tough on drug law, Shannon to urge MPs", the Belfast Telegraph, 23-06-11 I wish to make a complaint concerning the above article which is still available online at: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/north-down/news/time-to-get-tough-on-drug-law-shannon-to-urge-mps-16015285.html I make the complaint on my own account but also in my capacity as the Leader of...

13:11 / Complaints & Representations / Law / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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05 Jul 2011

PCC Complaint. The Guardian, 14th June 2011

----- Original Message -----From: Peter ReynoldsTo: complaints@pcc.org.ukSent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:07 PMSubject: Complaint against the Guardian, issue dated 14th June 2011 Dear Sirs, "Depression is not a 'brain disorder'", the Guardian, 14-06-11 I wish to make a complaint concerning the above article which is still available online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2011/jun/14/depression-brain-disease-david-nutt? I make the complaint on my own account but also in my capacity as the Leader of Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR), a UK political party, of...

15:16 / Complaints & Representations / Medicine / Peter Reynolds
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05 Jul 2011

PCC Complaint. The Hertfordshire Mercury, 15th June 2011

----- Original Message -----From: Peter ReynoldsTo: complaints@pcc.org.ukSent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:30 PMSubject: Complaint against the Hertfordshire Mercury, issue dated 15th June 2011 Dear Sirs, "Cannabis is ruining lives - MP", the Hertfordshire Mercury, 15-06-11 I wish to make a complaint concerning the above article which is still available online at: http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Cheshunt-and-Waltham/Cannabis-is-ruining-lives-MP-14062011.htm I make the complaint on my own account but also in my capacity as the Leader of Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR), a...

14:08 / Complaints & Representations / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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05 Jul 2011

PCC Complaint. The Newmarket Journal, 13th June 2011 – NOT UPHELD

----- Original Message -----From: Peter ReynoldsTo: complaints@pcc.org.ukSent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:34 PMSubject: Complaint against the Newmarket Journal, issue dated 13th June 2011 Dear Sirs, "Cannabis 'Russian roulette' warning", the Newmarket Journal, 13-06-11 I wish to make a complaint concerning the above article which is still available online at: http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/regional/cannabis_russian_roulette_warning_1_2762093 I make the complaint on my own account but also in my capacity as the Leader of Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR), a UK political party,...

13:52 / Complaints & Representations / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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05 Jul 2011

PCC Complaint. The Bearsden Herald, 13th June 2011 – NOT UPHELD

----- Original Message -----From: Peter ReynoldsTo: complaints@pcc.org.ukSent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:21 PMSubject: Complaint against the Bearsden Herald, issue dated 13th June 2011 Dear Sirs, "Cannabis 'Russian roulette' warning", the Bearsden Herald, 13-06-11 I wish to make a complaint concerning the above article which is still available online at: http://www.bearsdenherald.co.uk/news/cannabis_russian_roulette_warning_1_1672386 I make the complaint on my own account but also in my capacity as the Leader of Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR), a UK political party,...

13:30 / Complaints & Representations / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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03 Jul 2011

Cameron On Cannabis Part 7

Cameron On Cannabis Part 6 is here. For those following this correspondence stage by stage, I wrote to Mr Cameron on 5th April and having received no reply wrote again on 26th April. On 3rd May a letter in reply was sent from the infamous "Mrs E. Adams", now known to be a mythical figure and an invention of 10, Downing Street. She thanked me for my letter of 5th April and said:"Your correspondence is...

17:23 / Law / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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02 Jul 2011

Legal Remedies – A Call To Action

A friend, who I shall not name, spoke to me in despair the other day. She is a medicinal user, someone who really, and I mean really, needs cannabis because it alone enables her to lead a productive life. There are many, even in the cannabis and drug law reform community, who still do not really understand this. They throw around ill-considered ideas such as there is little difference between medicinal and recreational users or that we...

12:08 / Law / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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02 Jul 2011

Why Cannabis Doesn’t Kill

Originally published in the London Evening Standard, 6th May 2003 When I read last week that as many as 30,000 deaths a year in Britain could be caused by smoking cannabis, I reacted in a most uncustomary way for a mild-mannered scientist. I was infuriated. As someone acknowledged throughout the world as a specialist in how drugs affect the brain, I know a great deal about cannabis, and I know...

09:04 / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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30 Jun 2011

Another Anti-Cannabis Campaigner Appointed To The ACMD

I have today written to Baroness Browning protesting at the appointment of Dr Linda Harris to the ACMD. See here for the Home Office announcement.Dear Baroness Browning, Appointment of Dr Linda Harris to ACMD We strongly object to the appointment of Dr Harris to the ACMD. She is well known as having extremist and unbalanced views on cannabis. There is also a direct conflict of interest as she is chief executive of Spectrum...

15:09 / Medicine / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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