Ignoring Drug Advisors, Britain Bans Khat
In a written ministerial statement to Parliament last week. British Home Secretary Theresa May announced that her government was banning khat
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UK ‘War On Drugs’ Not Working, Says Coalition of Celebrities and Politicians
Richard Branson, Sting and Russell Brand join MPs including Caroline Lucas and Keith Vaz pushing for change in open letter
A New Tool In the Drug War: Marijuana Scratch-And-Sniff Cards
Cards replicate ‘sickly sweet’ grow-op smell
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British MPs Call for Drug Decriminalization
The use of drugs should be decriminalized, with the least harmful substances regulated and sold in shops, a group of British parliamentarians said in a report released over the weekend. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy reform made its findings in the report Toward a Safer Drug Policy: Challenges and Opportunities Arising from 'Legal Highs'.
UK Commission Calls For Decriminalization of Drug Possession, Marijuana Cultivation
A United Kingdom commission made up of leading scientists, academics, law enforcement officers and other experts is recommending decriminalization of drug possession in small quantities and of cultivation of marijuana.
British Study Shows Cannabis Eases Multiple Sclerosis Stiffness
Use of cannabis extract helps ease painful muscle stiffness among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a large trial published on Tuesday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
‘Drug Warfare’ Behind UK Shootings as Four Teenagers Gunned Down in Latest Attack
A TURF war between rival drug gangs is thought to be behind a spate of tit-for-tat shootings that have spilled on to the streets of Bootle.
Briton, Syrian Sentenced to Death in UAE for Selling Marijuana
A British citizen has been sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates, the British embassy in Abu Dhabi said on Tuesday, after he and a Syrian national were convicted of selling drugs to an undercover policeman.
Richard Branson: I Asked for Weed at White House
When you go to a White House state dinner and you’re lucky enough to get some face time with the president, what do you ask the president?
Marijuana Will Kill You And Its Smell Will Give You Cancer (Or So I Heard)
The pot community is pretty used to politicians and hack journalists playing fast and loose with the truth to scare people about marijuana, but this month has been a fear-mongering doozy.
