Sacked Adviser Urges Cannabis Probe
Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised.
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Accept The Facts – and End This Futile ‘War on Drugs’
We are handing one of our biggest industries over to armed, criminal gangs.
Sacking of UK Drug Chief Sparks Major Controversy
CANNABIS CULTURE - The fallout continues after the UK's top drug adviser, David Nutt, was fired for claiming cannabis and ecstasy are safer than alcohol and tobacco, with several resignations, increasing criticism of the government, and the possible collapse of the country's advisory council on drugs.
Jacob responds to Jon Ferry on David Nutt firings
Mr Ferry... why do you not come out strongly when the RCMP (Or, as it was last week, the OPP) issue press releases with unsubstantiated and alarmist statements about the danger of marijuana cultivation facilities?
UK Drug Chief Fired For Cannabis Comments
The British government's chief drug adviser has been fired after saying that cannabis and ecstasy are safer than cigarettes.
Cannabis Get-Together At Award-Winning Park in UK
The award-winning Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, UK will play host to cannabis activists and protestors calling for an end to drug prohibition on Aug 9, 2009.
UK Cop Accuses Colleagues of Waterboarding Pot Suspects
Six members of London’s metropolitan police force are the focus of a criminal investigation after a corruption probe revealed allegations by a serving officer that detectives waterboarded suspects allegedly caught with a “large amount” of marijuana.
British Government Ignores Scientific Advice and Reclassifies Cannabis
Cannabis has been reclassified in England and Wales by the government from a Class C to a Class B drug, carrying a higher maximum jail sentence for possession.
Cannabis Hemp – The New Oil Fields?
British Cannabis Lobby demands UK government acknowledge hemp's potential as a renewable resource and medicine.
United Kingdom: The Drug Laws Don’t Work
The real 'softies' are the politicians who refuse to engage in a sober debate on cannabis
