18 Oct 2017

“The Settled View Of Ministers Is That The Medicinal Campaign Is Just An Excuse To Take Cannabis”

These are the words of Sir Oliver Letwin, my MP, during a meeting with him just a few days ago. To some this may be an astonishing revelation, to others it will be depressing confirmation that this bigoted and out-of-date view still persists.  Anyone with even a modicum of knowledge will agree that it is deeply ignorant and in defiance of a vast quantity of scientific evidence. This is the end point of my two and half years of discussion with Sir...

17:30 / Uncategorized / Peter Reynolds
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15 Apr 2017

UK Department of Health Has Neither Requested Nor Received Any Advice On Medicinal Cannabis.

This is the astonishing reality of the way the UK government is responding to the national outcry for access to cannabis as medicine. They are doing absolutely nothing. Across the world a revolution is taking place as more and more jurisdictions are introducing legal access to medical cannabis. Medical professionals and patients alike are realising the huge benefits to be gained from re-opening access to this most valuable of...

10:12 / Medicinal Campaign / News / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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17 Mar 2017

How To Campaign For Cannabis Law Reform Under A Theresa May Government.

    + Lobbying Parliament   + If the Government Won't Regulate Cannabis Then We'll Do It For Them   + The CBD Market   + Medical Cannabis   + Educating And Influencing Researchers   For cannabis and drugs policy reform, out of 650 MPs, there could not have been a worse person to seize power than Theresa May.  There are a few who come close on both Tory and Labour benches but no one who has such a long record of bigotry, denial of evidence and refusal even to consider the subject. [caption id="attachment_7621"...

17:24 / Medicinal Campaign / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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17 Nov 2016

Cruel And Irresponsible Response from UK Government To Parliamentary Report On Medicinal Cannabis.

Unsurprisingly perhaps, the response to the recent call from MPs and peers to legalise cannabis for medicinal use has come straight from the top.  Theresa May's longstanding reputation as a denier of science and evidence on drugs policy is reinforced by her peremptory dismissal of the expert report.  It seems that, at least in the short term, the UK government is sticking by a policy that is discredited, ridiculous and deeply cruel. It fell to Sarah Newton MP, minister of state...

16:18 / Law / Medicinal Campaign / Medicine / News / Politics / Peter Reynolds
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17 Sep 2016

CLEAR’s Submission To The Parliamentary Inquiry Into Medicinal Cannabis.

This was the response that CLEAR submitted to the APPG in February 2016.  In March 2016, Roland Gyallay-Pap, then managing director of CLEAR and Peter Reynolds, president, were called to give oral evidence to the Inquiry. A PDF copy of this document may be downloaded here. A copy of the Powerpoint presentation delivered by CLEAR at the oral evidence hearing can be downloaded here.   Introduction In June 2015 the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform (APPG) published a short report arguing for a rescheduling of...

07:37 / Medicine / Politics / Science / Peter Reynolds
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