Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
“Cannabis is a safer drug than aspirin and can be used long-term without serious side effects. It is never possible… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, Dr Clare Gerada, Dr Trevor Turner, Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, Institute of Psychiatry, ISCD, Liverpool University, Professor David Nutt, Professor Glyn Lewis, Professor Les Iversen, Professor Terrie Moffitt, Professor Tim Kirkham, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Psychiatrists, University of Bristol
Filed under: Medicine, Science | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
It will be no surprise that The Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has rejected my complaint against the Commissioner… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, Evening Standard, Independent Police Complaints Commission, IPCC, misconduct, MOPAC, Operation Hawk, police, Police Regulations, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, The Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime
Filed under: Police Complaints, Politics | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Dishonesty is at the root of the legislative changes about to come into force concerning Sativex, the cannabis medicine produced… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, alcohol lobby, Bayer Healthcare, cannabis, Chris Stevens, David Cameron, Department of Health, Fleet Street, fraud, GW Pharmaceuticals, HASC drugs inquiry, Home Affairs select committee, Home Office, Home Secretary, Keith Vaz, Laurel Bush, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Privy Council, prohibition, Sativex, scandal
Filed under: Business, Law, Medicine, Politics | 10 Comments »
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 »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Two years after the ACMD first advised that Sativex should be in schedule 4 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations,… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Anna Soubry, cannabis, GW Pharmaceuticals, Jeremy Browne, Professor Les Iversen, Sativex
Filed under: Law, Medicine | 11 Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
You can’t nail a jelly to the wall, it doesn’t work. If you doubt that claim there’s blog here that… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, agonists, cannabinoid, cannabis, government, misuse of drugs act, prohibition, scra
Filed under: Politics, Science | 7 Comments »
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Reefer Madness Rehashed The Russian billionaire and oligarch, Alexander Lebedev, also owner of the Evening Standard, definitely wasted his money… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Alexander Lebedev, cannabis, Chris Blackhurst, COMT, Global Commission on Drugs Policy, Henry's Demons, Independent on Sunday, John Rentoul, Kathy Gyngell, Mail Online, Mary Brett, Melanie Phillips, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Patrick Cockburn, Press (PCC), Professor Sir Robin Murray, Rosie Boycott, schizophrenia, skunk, The Daily Mail, The Independent, Tony Blair
Filed under: Politics, Press (PCC), Science | 3 Comments »
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Contact: Peter Reynolds Tel: 07880872022 peterreynolds@clear-uk.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NO EMBARGO The UK Policy On Medicinal Cannabis Is Dishonest… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Corby, election, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, MHRA, Peter Reynolds, Sativex, Schengen Agreement
Filed under: Press Releases | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Tomorrow, at the HASC drugs inquiry, Professor David Nutt leads the first group of genuinely impartial, expert witnesses. Until… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, British Lung Foundation, cannabis, Dr Les King, Global Commission on Drug Policy, HASC drugs inquiry, Kathy Gyngell, Keith Vaz, Mary Brett, Peter Hitchens, Professor David Nutt, Professor Les Iversen, Roger Howard, Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Russell Brand, Sir Richard Branson, UK Drug Policy Commission, UKDPC
Filed under: Politics | 25 Comments »
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
HASC Drugs Inquiry. An Analysis Of The Written Evidence. Part 1 HASC Drugs Inquiry. An Analysis Of The Written Evidence…. Read more…
Topics: ACMD, ACPO, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Association of Chief Police Officers, Darryl Bickler, Dr Mark Monaghan, drug equality alliance, HASC drugs inquiry, Paul Sax, Professor Jake Chapman, Steve Rolles, Transform, University of Leeds
Filed under: Politics | 16 Comments »
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Laurel Bush, a CLEAR member, is working diligently and courageously on exposing the truth about Sativex and the dishonest and… Read more…
Topics: ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, cannabis, Cannabis Law Reform, Clear, Dr David Potter, Dr Geoffrey Guy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Home Office, Home Secretary, Laurel Bush, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA, nabiximols, Professor Les Iversen, Professor Sir Kent Woods, Sativex
Filed under: Medicine, Science | 26 Comments »