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Transform Drug Policy Foundation

12 February, 2008 (06:29) | Cannabis Law, Cannabis in the news | No comments

The Transform Drug Policy Foundation is a charitable think tank that seeks to draw public attention to the fact that drug prohibition itself is the major cause of drug-related harm to individuals, communities and nations, and should be replaced by effective, just and humane government control and regulation.
Transform has emerged in response to the increasingly […]

Barack Obama supports cannabis decriminlisation

7 February, 2008 (06:41) | Cannabis Law, Cannabis in the news | No comments

Last Autumn, during a nationally televised presidential debate, Barack Obama hesitantly raised his hand and joined with most of his Democratic rivals to declare that he opposed decriminalising cannabis.
But as a candidate for the U.S. Senate four years ago, Mr. Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for cannabis use or […]

World Cannabis Laws

4 February, 2008 (01:55) | Cannabis Law | No comments

This is a map showing all the Cannabis laws throughout the world - please click on it for a full-size version. The map shows the following Cannabis law ‘levels’: Legal/Essentially Legal, decriminalized, illegal but often unenforced, confirmed illegal, probably illegal, varies by region, no information.
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England plan to upgrade cannabis

22 January, 2008 (06:44) | Cannabis Law | 1 comment

Proposals to return marijuana to a Class B drug in England have caused a clash between the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the British government.
Council member Les Iversen, a pharmacologist at Oxford University, said he was unhappy with “what appears to be a deliberate leak about the government’s alleged intention to reclassify” […]

Police demand tougher cannabis laws in the UK

21 November, 2007 (10:28) | Cannabis Law | No comments

According to the Sun, top cops demanded tougher cannabis laws yesterday — because millions of youngsters think the drug is legal.
Police chiefs said ministers must end confusion by reversing their controversial decision to downgrade the drug in 2004.
Their call comes amid growing fears about the explosion of super-strength “skunk” cannabis in the UK.
PM Gordon Brown […]