Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Ignorance, Prejudice And Hypocrisy Prevail On The Labour Benches.
Angela Eagle MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
“There are now just two weeks to go until the local and European elections. The Conservative party has frantically been trying to paint the Leader of the Opposition as a mixture of Karl Marx and Hugo Chávez, the UK Independence party has been hiring eastern Europeans to deliver its anti-immigration leaflets, and the Deputy Prime Minister appears to have resorted to backing a report that calls for the legalisation of cannabis. I suppose mind-altering drugs are the only thing that might persuade people to vote for him.”
This from a woman who gained the distinction of becoming the British parliament’s first openly lesbian member by coming out in September 1997 in an interview with The Observer. The following year she became the first female MP to tie the knot in a civil partnership.
Another Labour Hypocrite.
Putting aside the inter-party bickering, you would think, wouldn’t you, that someone who has bravely overcome prejudice against minorities and stood up for libertarian principles and justice, could do a little better on the cannabis issue? But no, she represents the Labour Party so well in its short sighted bigotry, intolerance and authoritarian instincts. She fits well with the other dinosaurs; Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson, Jacqui Smith and the ignoramuses that contribute to the absence of any drugs policy at all from Labour. It’s her hypocrisy that staggers me though and I’ve seen a similar illiberal attitude from Chris Bryant, another Labour MP who has fought bravely for gay rights but is ignorance and prejudice personified on drugs policy. 
Legal Highs Banned At UK Festivals. So Stick To The Safe Stuff: Cannabis, Ecstasy And LSD.
The Madness Of Queen Theresa Is Killing The British People.
The madness of Queen Theresa is killing the British people.
She presides over a government that has succeeded in making alcohol stronger and more easily available, leading to the highest rate of liver disease in the world.
“I command thee! Stop smoking pot”
She sides with King Canute’s advisors in believing she can hold back the tide of demand for cannabis and ecstasy, drugs that are safely consumed by millions. Her deranged efforts to ‘ban them, ban them, ban them’ have led to the rise in ‘legal highs‘, far more dangerous, untested, unpredictable, sold at enormous profit without any control at all.
Now she’s desperately trying to shut the stable door that she opened . According to her bible, The Daily Mail, “More than 20 UK music festivals have banned the sale of ‘legal highs’ at their events this summer”.
The only sensible advice if you’re going to a festival this year is beer and wine in moderation but stick to the safe stuff. Cannabis has never killed anyone, neither has LSD. About 25 deaths have been attributed to ‘E’ but that’s with about 500,000 doses taken every weekend for 30 years.
So roll a spliff (tobacco free), maybe pop a pill or two. Stay safe.
UKIP To Grab Youth Vote As Farage Reveals Punk Roots.
Nigel Farage circa 1983
This will make him even more popular. A real man of the people.
Marvellous, Magnificent, Memorable and Moving Short Film. Watch It!
This beautifully produced short film, 12 minutes long and made in Northern Ireland speaks for itself. Please watch, enjoy and perhaps, as I did, burst into spontaneous applause at the end. Then share it far and wide, again and again. This is a message the world needs to hear.
High Court Reinstates Claim Against Sarah McCulloch.
Confirming my report of 11th April 2014, I today received the sealed Order from the High Court setting aside the judgment that Sarah McCulloch had obtained and reinstating the action.
I have made a generous and conciliatory offer to settle with Ms McCulloch and I am waiting her response.
Kid Cannabis – Much Better Than I Expected.
I watched this movie last night and was very pleasantly surprised. There are some truly dreadful ‘stoner’ movies (particularly the ones that star the slob Seth Rogen) but this one is different.
Sure, it’s a lightweight comedy but it manages to weave in a few very valuable home truths that will delight anyone who supports the cannabis campaign. For those who are torrentially aware it’s very easy to find. This is how it starts and this gives a good idea of what’s to come:
“Beautiful. Isn’t it?
But listen. You hear it?
I hear it in my nightmares. That’s the sound of the Feds working their unmanned drones, spending more money trying to shut us down than they did searching for Osama Bin Laden.
42 billion spent in the war on pot. 140 bucks from every one of you to fight a little green herb made by God that grows in the sun.
And God doesn’t make mistakes.”
Enjoy!
Let’s Get The Dealers Off The Streets!
Cannabis Is Not A Controlled Drug
Present policy abandons control to organised crime and street dealers.
If cannabis were properly controlled, it would be taken out of the hands of criminals. Growing, importing, distributing and retailing would become legitimate businesses, subject to proper control and regulation.
What Proper Control Would Mean
- Regulated sales: licensed retailers, labelling of THC/CBD ratio, other ingredients, weight
- Quality control: elimination of pesticide and fertiliser residues, bulking agents, impurities
- Regulated commercial production, reasonable limits on domestic cultivation
- Protecting the vulnerable: age limit, ID check, harm reduction information
We Need CLEAR Common Sense About Cannabis.
A Safer Britain
- Less crime of all types
- Police can focus on violent and harmful crime
- Lower alcohol consumption
- Fewer road accidents and injuries/fatalities
- Fewer children using cannabis
- Quality controlled cannabis with no harmful adulterants
- Fewer fires from hidden cannabis farms
A Healthier Britain
- Lower alcohol consumption
- Less use of dangerous/harmful drugs
- Medicinal use: Alzheimer’s, arthritis, cancer, chronic. pain, dementia, diabetes, epilepsy, glaucoma, MS,. Parkinson’s, stroke therapy.
- Preventative therapy against auto immune and neurodegenerative diseases
- More funding for healthcare
Taxing The UK Cannabis Market
CLEAR’s policies are based on independent, expert research carried out by the Independent Drug Monitoring Unit in 2011.
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How To Regulate Cannabis In Britain
CLEAR’s detailed proposals for cannabis regulation so as to minimise all health and social harms of cannabis, protect the vulnerable and allow access to medicinal cannabis
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References:
– The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Crime, March 2014
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– How Smoking Marijuana Might Be The Best Way To Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease, January 2014
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– Few Problems With Cannabis for California, October 2013
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– The Impact of Marijuana Use on Glucose, Insulin, and Insulin Resistance, July 2013
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– Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption, May 2013
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– Why Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Deaths, December 2011
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– What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system? September 2011
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– Study: Legal Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Encourage Kids to Smoke More Pot, November 2011
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– ‘Taxing the UK Cannabis Market’, 2011
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– A summary of the health harms of drugs. NHS, 2011.
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– Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids. A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature 2000 – 2011, NORML, 2011.
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– Bringing cannabis back into the medicine cabinet, Prof. Les Iversen, 2010.
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– Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe, November 2009
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– Adulterants & Cutting Agents Found in Cannabis Resin, 2009
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– Key Marijuana Compound Beats Current Alzheimer’s Drugs, August 2006
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– US Patent 6630507, Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants, 2001
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Peter Reynolds 