Items tagged with cannabis and UK
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| Cannabis brain effects study struggles to attract black UK users [24.09.2023] | A major study into the effects of cannabis on the human brain is at risk of being partially thwarted because too few black users have agreed to take ... |
| Illegal weed delivery start-up Dispenseroo sees meteoric growth in the UK [05.01.2023] | An illegal cannabis delivery start-up in the UK is generating millions of pounds in revenue less than a year after it was created, according to its f ... |
| What's the deal with those ‘Dispenseroo’ weed adverts across London? [15.09.2022] | Cannabis dealers who stuck hundreds of unauthorised adverts on London's Tube trains say they are now swamped with orders and have more guerrilla mark ... |
| Britain blocks Bermuda’s cannabis legislation [06.09.2022] | Bermuda’s governor Rena Lalgie announced that the United Kingdom has blocked the Bermuda government’s controversial bid to legalize the use and produ ... |
| Government tight-lipped over UK cannabis law talks [06.06.2022] | Ministers are refusing to say if there were any breakthroughs on the stand-off with London over the Government’s flagship cannabis legislation during ... |
| Governor reserves assent on cannabis legalisation Bill [13.05.2022] | A decision by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, to reserve assent on the Government’s controversial flagship cannabis legislation plunged Bermuda into uncha ... |
| Sadiq Khan appoints drugs tsar to explore legalising cannabis [12.05.2022] | Sadiq Khan has appointed a drugs tsar to explore the potential benefits of legalising cannabis. The mayor has asked Lord Falconer, formerly Lord Chan ... |
| Minister denies talks being held with Britain on cannabis law [29.04.2022] | A Cabinet minister has denied that behind the scenes talks with London are the reason for a delay in sending controversial legislation on legalising ... |
| Cannabis legislation passes 18-6, setting up constitutional face-off [26.03.2022] | It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis in Bermuda – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly gets Royal Assent from the Gover ... |
| Sadiq Khan drug ‘decriminalisation’ plan ‘does not go far enough’, say experts [05.01.2022] | Sadiq Khan’s proposed plan to end the prosecution of young people caught with cannabis in three London boroughs “does not go far enough”, according t ... |
| Sadiq Khan plans pilot to ‘decriminalise’ minor cannabis offences in London [04.01.2022] | Downing Street has expressed concern over moves to end the prosecution of young people caught with cannabis in some London boroughs, under a pilot sc ... |
| Burt: Bermuda has ‘no intention’ of tailoring laws to fit UK cannabis conventions [22.11.2021] | Bermuda’s Government had “no intention” of tailoring its laws licensing cannabis production to fit with the UK’s conventions allowing the drug for me ... |
| The UK countryside is ablaze with hemp farms. But how do they help the climate? [11.11.2021] | Despite the lack of state support, more and more farmers in the UK are turning to hemp production for its economic and environmental benefits. It's l ... |
| Mayor of London to examine benefits of cannabis legalisation [05.04.2021] | The mayor of London is to launch a review examining the feasibility of decriminalising cannabis as part of a new approach to tackling drug-related cr ... |
| Met may change stop and search tactics on cannabis possession [18.03.2021] | The Metropolitan police could change how it deals with cannabis possession amid concerns stop and search powers damage community relations, and yield ... |
| Burt refuses to confirm warning from Governor over cannabis law [24.02.2021] | Premier David Burt refused to confirm whether he had held any discussions with the Governor on cannabis regulations approved by the House of Assembly ... |
| Burt warns London over cannabis licensing act [20.02.2021] | Premier David Burt has expressed doubt over whether a new law to license cannabis production in Bermuda will get the royal assent from Governor Rena ... |
| Police routinely use drug powers to 'bully people', says former Chief Inspector [04.09.2020] | A former chief inspector has said he believes that over a third of drug stop-and-searches by UK police are used “as an excuse to harass people”, afte ... |
| Cannabis research database shows how U.S. funding focuses on harms of the drug [27.08.2020] | A new analysis of cannabis research funding in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom has found that $1.56 billion was directed to the top ... |
| 5 ways the UK could legalise cannabis [02.07.2020] | With more than half of people in the UK in favour of legalising the recreational use of cannabis, and countries around the world adopting more libera ... |
| Coronavirus triggers UK shortage of illicit drugs [12.04.2020] | Drug treatment experts have raised concerns a drop in the supply of illicit drugs to the UK triggered by the lockdown is leading to an increase in th ... |
| Big cannabis in the UK [18.03.2020] | The BMJ has uncovered links between companies, campaign groups and individuals lobbying for wider patient access to cannabis for medical use and a pa ... |
| Britain's CBD clampdown, explained [19.02.2020] | An estimated 1.3 million people in the UK regularly use CBD for a variety of health and wellness reasons – but ingestible CBD products occupy a hazy ... |
| Britons who legally smoke cannabis in the US 'risk being deported' [15.11.2019] | A legal expert at an international immigration firm has warned British tourists and employees that if they smoke marijuana in the US, even in states ... |
| Sadiq Khan: Time for cannabis rethink to cut violent crime [01.11.2019] | London Mayor Sadiq Khan called for a rethink on cannabis laws and policing amid concern about the links between drugs and violent crime. The Mayor so ... |
| Legalise cannabis, says Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor [14.09.2019] | The legalisation of cannabis should be tested in London to improve public health and stop young people being drawn into crime, a London mayoral candi ... |
| UK advised to recruit former drug dealers if marijuana is legalised [05.09.2019] | Former drug dealers should be recruited and trained to produce safe, legal cannabis if the UK decides to legalise marijuana, the head of an American ... |
| It’s time we were made legal, say London’s cannabis dealers... but don’t do it for skunk [22.08.2019] | London cannabis dealers would welcome the legalisation of their trade, despite apprehension that they would be excluded from enjoying the fruits of t ... |
| Cannabis to be 'fully legal in UK within years' [29.07.2019] | A group of cross-party MPs said the UK could completely legalise cannabis use within a decade following a research trip to Canada. Labour’s David Lam ... |
| Support for legalising cannabis growing among British public, survey finds [14.07.2019] | Twice as many British adults now support the legalisation of cannabis than oppose it, according to a poll which reveals a “widening gulf” between pub ... |
| Make cannabis legal and cut crime, says Adam Smith think tank [09.07.2019] | A leading think tank today called for cannabis to be sold over the counter in pharmacies — and said legalisation for adult recreational use is a matt ... |
| The Cannabis Debate: 63 per cent of Londoners think UK should follow Canada and make drug legal [01.07.2019] | Londoners overwhelmingly support the legalisation of cannabis for adult recreational use, according to a poll commissioned by the Evening Standard an ... |
| Cannabis being decriminalised by back door, MPs warn [27.04.2019] | Police have been accused of decriminalising cannabis by stealth as forces recorded a drop in possession offences of up to 75 per cent in a decade. Mo ... |
| High-strength cannabis increases risk of mental health problems [19.03.2019] | Frequent cannabis use and high-strength varieties are likely to increase the chance of mental health problems, according to researchers in Lancet Psy ... |
| Tough cannabis policies do not deter young people – study [18.02.2019] | There is no evidence that tough policies deter young people from using cannabis, a study has found. Analysing data about cannabis use among more than ... |
| Legalisation of cannabis in the UK would help protect its users from harm [15.02.2019] | New research highlights associations between teenage cannabis use and a range of mental health problems. The results suggested that use of the drug w ... |
| Majority of British public support legalisation of cannabis, survey reveals [29.10.2018] | The British public strongly supports the legalisation of cannabis, according to a new poll. Fifty-nine per cent of people surveyed strongly support o ... |
| UK government must look into legalising cannabis, says former Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe [21.10.2018] | Former Metropolitan Police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for an urgent review of the evidence supporting cannabis legalisation. It marks a sign ... |
| Police chief calls for more cannabis clubs where drug can be used and traded safely [09.08.2018] | A police chief has called for cannabis users to be allowed to freely grow and sell the drug without fear of arrest in cannabis clubs, saying the “war ... |
| Police ‘decriminalising cannabis’ as prosecutions fall away [14.07.2018] | Police forces are in effect decriminalising cannabis, campaigners say, after uncovering figures that show a substantial fall in the number of prosecu ... |
| Sajid Javid looks into easing rules on medical cannabis prescription [03.07.2018] | The home secretary, Sajid Javid, is considering whether cannabis could be made easier to prescribe for medical use, Downing Street has said. It comes ... |
| Legalising cannabis 'would raise £1bn in tax for the UK' [29.06.2018] | Legalising cannabis would raise £1bn a year in tax for the UK. A report from the Institute of Economic Affairs has valued the UK's black market at £2 ... |
| Durham police chief calls for legalisation of cannabis in UK [24.06.2018] | A chief constable has called for the ban on cannabis to be scrapped, arguing that it damages public safety, puts users in more danger, and gives mill ... |
| Cannabis war 'comprehensively lost', says William Hague [19.06.2018] | Former Conservative leader Lord Hague has called for a "decisive change" in the law on cannabis - suggesting that the Tories should consider legalisi ... |
| Legalising cannabis ‘could earn Treasury £3.5bn’ [02.06.2018] | Introducing a legal cannabis market to the UK could earn the Treasury between £1bn and £3.5bn a year in tax revenues, a new report suggests. Health P ... |
| High time to rehash drug policy, think tanks say, as legalisation could save taxpayer £900m [13.05.2018] | Think tanks have today called on the government to radically rethink its drug policy, as it was revealed that taxpayers could save nearly £900m a yea ... |
| LibDem MSP says Scotland should ‘open regulated drugs market’ [28.03.2018] | Scotland should have its own “regulated cannabis market” to control the pricing and potency of the drug, LibDem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has claimed. H ... |
| Skunk is causing misery – criminalisation isn’t working [01.03.2018] | Can Britain ever kill its worst taboo? This week’s news of the soaring prevalence of skunk, in place of weaker and less harmful herbal forms of canna ... |
| High-strength cannabis now dominates illegal market, study finds [27.02.2018] | Almost all cannabis seized by police now comprises high-strength varieties, with outdoor-grown herbal strains and hashish barely found, according to ... |
| Trafficked, beaten, enslaved: the life of a Vietnamese cannabis farmer [31.01.2018] | At 10, ‘Stephen’ was taken from Hanoi to London and then spent four years tending plants for a brutal drug gang. Now awaiting news of an appeal again ... |
| ‘Prison time will not stop my fight for cannabis’ [29.01.2018] | Cannabis campaigner Mike Dobson has vowed to give up growing the drug after a sobering second spell in prison. But the 39-year-old is refusing to aba ... |
| Cannabis clubs 'could open across country' as founder reveals police 'very supportive' of plan [25.01.2018] | A cannabis club founder wants to expand across the UK after a senior cop visited his the Middlesbrough-based club. Michael Fisher set up Teesside Can ... |
| The Swiss cannabis farm aiming to supply 'legal weed' across Europe [24.11.2017] | In fields across Switzerland the harvest time for cannabis is coming to an end, and workers are distributing the crop to shops in France and Switzerl ... |
| Britain is developing a weed café culture under the radar [02.10.2017] | There is bipartisan support for cannabis legalisation among MP’s in the UK. However, the only pro-legalisation party, the Liberal Democrats, failed t ... |
| Revealed: The London boroughs that grow the most weed [06.07.2017] | In recent years, UK police have quietly eased off their prosecution of cannabis farmers. Between 2011 and 2014 the number of people taken to court fo ... |
| What a regulated UK cannabis market might mean for business [02.06.2017] | Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claimed that legalising cannabis in the UK would improve public health, but warned of the “risks of unfettere ... |
| Are police too skint to control Britain's weed growing industry? [17.04.2017] | Six years ago police were busting more than 20 cannabis farms a day. Local newspapers were filled with images of officers wading through illegal grow ... |
| Trafficked and enslaved: the teenagers tending UK cannabis farms [25.03.2017] | An international network of traffickers brings teenage boys from Vietnam to become enslaved gardeners in British suburbs. Yet every few weeks, anothe ... |
| Cannabis legislation in Europe [15.03.2017] | At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often ... |
| How British weed growers are avoiding prosecution [15.03.2017] | The United Kingdom Cannabis Social Clubs (UKCSC) have recently launched a system that, in theory, would help you battle a court case if your grow was ... |
| Preston’s first cannabis club to challenge Home Office [25.01.2017] | Mike Dobson, a self-confessed cannabis user for 25 years, is seeking a judicial review following the Home Office’s refusal to issue a licence to allo ... |
| Legalisation of cannabis 'only solution to crime and addiction problems' [21.11.2016] | Cannabis should be legalised in the UK, according to a report that has the backing of several cross-party MPs including the former deputy prime minis ... |
| UK’s Cannabis Social Clubs come of age [08.11.2016] | Around 150 activists, academics, and journalists, gathered in Leicester to attend the first Annual General Meeting of United Kingdom’s Cannabis Socia ... |
| Weed is effectively legal in the UK [22.08.2016] | Arrests for cannabis possession in England and Wales have fallen by 46 percent since 2010. Cautions have dropped by 48 percent and charges by 33 perc ... |
| The story of the UK’s Cannabis Social Clubs [22.06.2016] | Just over half a decade ago a handful of cannabis clubs started to campaign openly for the regulation and legal sale of cannabis in the UK. Today, th ... |
| Britons want cannabis to be legalised – change is inevitable, says ex-minister [07.05.2016] | Parliament will be failing in its duty to reflect the will of the people if it continues to resist calls to introduce a regulated cannabis market, a ... |
| Cannabis legalisation: 47% support sale of drug through licensed shops, poll reveals [08.04.2016] | Strong support for legalising the sale of cannabis through licensed shops has emerged in an opinion poll in the UK. Some 47 per cent of people back t ... |
| Cannabis arrests down 46% since 2010 - police figures [04.04.2016] | Arrests for cannabis possession in England and Wales have dropped by 46% since 2010, figures obtained by BBC Breakfast suggest. Cautions fell by 48% ... |
| This is how the Lib Dems would legalise cannabis [08.03.2016] | The Liberal Democrats have backed a study that argues cannabis can't be eliminated by a "total ban" and that it should, instead, be regulated. The re ... |
| Cannabis users to be given on-the-spot warnings to free up police time [10.12.2015] | People caught with small quantities of cannabis will face on-the-spot warnings from police rather than prosecution. Scottish officers will next month ... |
| Cannabis farms fuel human trafficking, report says [30.11.2015] | There is a continued link between the commercial cultivation of cannabis, modern slavery and people living without legal permission to remain in the ... |
| Cannabis legalisation worth millions - government report [13.10.2015] | Legalising cannabis could generate hundreds of millions a year in tax and cut costs for the police and prisons, an internal Treasury report found. Re ... |
| Today's cannabis debate shows how irrational Westminster has become [12.10.2015] | We are witnessing a policy failure of epic proportions, and the debate parliament holds – one it has been forced to hold by public petition – will be ... |
| Liberal Democrats set up expert panel on cannabis legalisation [12.10.2015] | The Liberal Democrats are to set up an expert panel to establish how a legal market for cannabis could work in Britain, paving the way for them to be ... |
| The other green belt [09.10.2015] | It takes a lot for marijuana growers in the UK to attract police attention. Four forces – Derbyshire, Dorset, Durham and Surrey – declared that they ... |
| Despite petition, government has no plans to legalise cannabis [24.08.2015] | The government has responded to a 200,000-strong petition calling for the legalisation of cannabis in the UK by saying it has no plans to change the ... |
| Cannabis petition forces MPs to consider debating legalisation [24.07.2015] | A petition calling for the total legalisation of cannabis in the UK has been signed by more than 125,000 people in just four days. The response to an ... |
| Police force gives cannabis users green light to grow drugs [21.07.2015] | Durham Police has given users the green light to grow cannabis at home after declaring that officers will no longer proactively target small scale pr ... |
| Weeded out [05.06.2015] | In 2000 a report by Europe’s drug agency (EMCDDA) found that Britain had an unusually large number of young cannabis users: they "topped the EU leagu ... |
| Lib Dem leadership candidate Norman Lamb calls for cannabis legalisation [31.05.2015] | The Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Norman Lamb has called for the UK to legalise, regulate and tax the sale of cannabis. The former care minis ... |
| 3,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam [22.05.2015] | The link between child trafficking and the UK’s domestic cannabis industry has been increasing, with Vietnamese children the main group at risk. Acco ... |
| Could 'The Brighton Model' help the seaside city make millions with weed? [23.02.2015] | In 2012, Green Party councillor Ben Duncan suggested that cannabis cafes should be licensed in the city in a bid to boost tourism. In 2014, the Green ... |
| Drugs in the UK: Why we need to talk about regulation and decriminalisation [30.01.2015] | Fighting the war on drugs in the UK costs an estimated £13 billion annually. It has cost lives recently, too; four people died after taking ecstasy p ... |
| Drug legalisation in the UK is a question of time [14.08.2014] | Twelve years ago, a promising young politician rose to speak in the British parliament. “I ask the Government not to return to retribution and war on ... |
| How dangerous synthetic cannabis became Britain's most popular new legal high [31.05.2014] | The influx of legal, synthetic forms of cannabis that can be more potent and dangerous than the natural, illegal drug exposes Britain's "utterly ridi ... |
| Going to pot: legalised cannabis edges nearer in west after US states end ban [22.05.2014] | Legalisation of cannabis is making slow but unstoppable progress across much of the developed world, many experts believe, following the end of prohi ... |
| Drugs minister refuses to rule out legalisation of cannabis [25.11.2013] | The new Liberal Democrat minister responsible for drugs policy, Norman Baker, has refused to rule out a policy of legalising cannabis but said that i ... |
| Drugs legislation is hampering clinical research, warns David Nutt [03.11.2013] | The UK's drug laws are preventing scientists from carrying out vital research to unlock our understanding of the brain and find new treatments for co ... |
| Summary of report Beckley Foundation [30.10.2013] | The Beckley report, Licensing and Regulation of the Cannabis Market in England and Wales: Towards a Cost-Benefit Analysis, grasps of the economic con ... |
| Legal cannabis market 'would be worth £1.25bn a year to government' [14.09.2013] | Legalising and taxing cannabis could be worth as much as £1.25bn a year to the government, a study suggests. The report Licensing and regulation of t ... |
| Green green grass of home: police crack down on cottage industry of cannabis [10.04.2013] | Across the UK, 7,865 cannabis farms were discovered in 2011-12, an increase of 15% on the previous year's figures and over double the number for 2007 ... |
| Criminologist refutes cannabis-related crime increase claims [07.04.2013] | Criminologist Professor Alex Stevens has refuted media reports that reducing penalties for cannabis possession has led to increased drug use, crime a ... |
| Legalising drugs would be the perfect Tory policy [19.02.2013] | A new poll out today by the campaign group Transform finds a majority now favour permitting cannabis use, while four in 10 Britons favour total decri ... |
| Decriminalise drugs – it would reduce the level of harm in Britain [13.01.2013] | The all-party parliamentary group on drug policy reform undertook an inquiry into the implications of the arrival of "legal highs" – a new substance ... |
| Britain has not simply fallen out of love with illegal drugs [17.12.2012] | "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" summed up the response from the Home Office, and later David Cameron, to the publication of the home affairs select ... |
| Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [14.11.2012] | This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or al ... |
| Illicit drugs 'going out of fashion' [27.09.2012] | Illicit drug use in England and Wales is firmly on a downward curve, with the latest annual figures confirming the long-term trend that they might si ... |
| Cannabis trade 'explosion' causing surge in gun violence, police warn [10.09.2012] | Penalties for growing and selling cannabis must be toughened because a surge in the trade is driving up shootings and gang-related violence, a senior ... |
| Cannabis production and markets in Europe [26.06.2012] | This study brings together available evidence to provide a comprehensive analysis of cannabis production and markets across the EU. It combines infor ... |
| Cannabis: Britain's growth industry [01.05.2012] | Given the current economic conditions, the Government is keen to encourage all sort of new entrepreneurial initiatives. But the growth of Britain's p ... |
| UK police find 20 cannabis farms a day [29.04.2012] | Police discovered more than 20 cannabis farms and factories in the UK every day last year, seizing drugs worth up to £100 million, according to a rep ... |
| Liberal Democrats want inquiry into decriminalising drug possession [04.08.2011] | Liberal Democrats are expected to call for an independent inquiry into the decriminalisation of possession of all drugs. A motion to be put at the pa ... |
| Drugs and the law: state of confusion [02.06.2011] | Forty years after the introduction of the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act, more than 2.8 million people report using illicit drugs every year in England and ... |
| Cannabis farmers take up arms to defend crops in booming trade [16.08.2010] | Illicit cannabis factory farmers are arming themselves with sawn-off shotguns, CS sprays and machetes and even setting booby traps to protect their c ... |
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