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61 UK: Lib Dems' Ok To Cannabis And Ukp1Bn TaxSun, 13 Mar 2016
Source:Mirror, The (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:29 Added:03/13/2016

LIB DEMS yesterday overwhelmingly backed the legalisation of cannabis.

Just a handful of members at their spring conference in York opposed the motion.

Heal th spokesman Norman Lamb said: "It's long overdue that we call time on the most discredited, most stupid, most dangerous so-called 'war on drugs'.

"I want this party to lead the way to a new approach, based on evidence, which is liberal, and which protects public health."

Selling the drug in regulated shops and clubs could raise UKP1billion tax, he said.

In a speech today Lib Dem leader Tim Farron vows to "fight this Government's short-sighted cuts to school budgets" in a speech.

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62 UK: Lib Dems Vote In Favour Of Making Cannabis LegalSun, 13 Mar 2016
Source:Sunday Telegraph (UK) Author:Mendick, Robert Area:United Kingdom Lines:46 Added:03/13/2016

THE Liberal Democrats yesterday become the first mainstream political party to call for the legalisation of cannabis.

In a landmark vote at the party's spring conference, delegates voted in favour of licensing shops to sell cannabis in plain packaging and with health warnings to adults in Britain.

Householders would also be allowed to cultivate marijuana and harvest the drug for personal consumption. said the MP had offered advice at last Thursday's meeting but was not planning a formal, paid relationship with the Seattle-based Privateer Holdings.

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63 UK: Column: The Lib Dems Should Vote to Legalise Drugs. ThatSat, 12 Mar 2016
Source:Independent (UK) Author:Street-Porter, Janet Area:United Kingdom Lines:139 Added:03/12/2016

Last week, I had dinner with an American actor who was enthusiastically extolling the benefits of state-controlled cannabis. He was describing how, in places where it is legal, customers can go into a shop and choose a product to give exactly the effect they want to achieve, like with wine or fine Scotch. His personal aim was "to feel mellow - and have great sex".

If legalising dope would make everyone in Britain just one per cent more smiley and less hostile, can you think of a better reason to bite the bullet and change the law? We are definitely going through fearful times, guaranteed to increase our levels of anxiety. Turn on the telly or radio and politicians on all sides compete to ramp up the doom-laden consequences of leaving (or staying in) Europe. Depending on who you listen to, we'll either be paying more for food (or less), be out of work (or have more opportunities), and be over-run with immigrants no wonder most people I meet can't make up their minds which way they want to vote.

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64 UK: Column: Lib Dems Call For Drugs ReformThu, 10 Mar 2016
Source:Birmingham Post (UK) Author:Walker, Jonathan Area:United Kingdom Lines:130 Added:03/11/2016

LIBERAL Democrats say there's a case for setting up cannabis shops allowing people to buy the drug in their local high street.

But how many people in the West Midlands take cannabis or other drugs - - and is drug use rising or falling?

Here's what the official figures tell us about drug use in the West Midlands.

In the West Midlands, 6.9 per cent of the population aged 16 to 59 say they have taken cannabis at least once last year. That's about one in 15 people. It's about the same as the national average.

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65 UK: Editorial: High Time to Challenge the Failings ofWed, 09 Mar 2016
Source:Guardian, The (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:83 Added:03/10/2016

It is impossible to know how many people have been deterred from using cannabis out of deference to the law. Decades of prohibition have not prevented the drug from establishing itself as a part of the repertoire of psychoactive substances that British people use for leisure and, for a few, non-recreational medication. Despite the theoretical threat of prosecution, cannabis use has become sufficiently uncontroversial for stories about David Cameron dabbling in his youth to have surfaced without measurable impact on his standing as prime minister.

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66 UK: Lib Dems Set Out Case for Legalising Cannabis Ahead ofWed, 09 Mar 2016
Source:Yorkshire Post (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:45 Added:03/09/2016

LEGALISING THE sale of cannabis could raise UKP1bn a year in tax and help minimise health risks, according to a report.

The study, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats and conducted by a panel of scientists, academics and police chiefs, suggests that the drug should be available in specialist shops to over-18s.

The party is expected to debate the issue at its spring conference in York this weekend.

Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb said: "Every year billions of pounds are put into the pockets of organised criminals selling cannabis and vast amounts of police time and resources are wasted going after those using the drug."

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67 UK: Legalised Cannabis 'Could Raise Ukp1bn A Year'Tue, 08 Mar 2016
Source:Independent (UK) Author:Wright, Oliver Area:United Kingdom Lines:137 Added:03/09/2016

Legalising the sale of cannabis in specialist shops would generate UKP1bn a year in tax revenue and reduce the harm done to users and society, according to the most detailed plans ever drawn up for the liberalisation of UK drug laws.

The study, which was carried out by a panel of experts including scientists, academics and police chiefs, calls for the UK to follow the lead of some US states and allow the sale of cannabis to over-18s in licensed retail stores.

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68 UK: Lib Dems Devise Model For Legal CannabisTue, 08 Mar 2016
Source:Guardian, The (UK) Author:Travis, Alan Area:United Kingdom Lines:68 Added:03/09/2016

Cannabis should be sold over the counter in plain packaging in specialist, licensed shops to over-18s only, according to an expert panel set up by the Liberal Democrats to examine what a regulated cannabis market in Britain should look like.

They suggest cannabis should be sold in three strengths - lower, medium and higher - in prescription medicine-style resealable childproof containers with a health warning.

The panel also recommends that smallscale licensed "cannabis social clubs" should be set up, and that home-grown cultivation of up to four plants for personal use should be allowed.

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69 UK: LibDems Unveil Drug Policy to Treat Rather Than Jail DrugMon, 22 Feb 2016
Source:Herald, The (Glasgow, UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:51 Added:02/23/2016

PEOPLE caught with drugs for personal use would be referred for health treatment rather than sent to jail under proposals unveiled by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Leader Willie Rennie said Scotland's current drugs policy "is costly and fails to work for everyone".

Drugs misuse costs society UKP3.5 billion a year amounting to around UKP900 for every adult in Scotland, he said.

The LibDems will call for drug users to be "referred for treatment, education or civil penalties, ending the use of i mpr i s on ment " , in a ma n i fe sto p ol ic y put forward for discussion at its Scottish spring conference this week.

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70 UK: Scottish LibDems: Decriminalise All Personal Drug UseSun, 21 Feb 2016
Source:Sunday Herald, The (UK) Author:Gordon, Tom Area:United Kingdom Lines:76 Added:02/21/2016

Under Scottish LibDem proposals, possession of small amounts of heroin for personal use would mean a police warning rather than a court appearance

HEROIN, cocaine and ecstasy users should face police warnings instead of prison if found with small amounts of drugs for personal use, the Scottish LibDems will argue this week. The party will use its spring conference to advocate decriminalising drug use - as opposed to drug dealing in a fundamental reform of how addiction is dealt with by the authorities.

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71 UK: OPED: 'We Will Treat Drug Use As a Health and Social IssueSun, 21 Feb 2016
Source:Sunday Herald, The (UK) Author:Rennie, Willie Area:United Kingdom Lines:89 Added:02/21/2016

IT'S time for Scotland to change its approach to drug abuse. The current policy towards it is costly and fails to work for everyone. Drugs misuse costs society UKP3.5 billion a year. That's around UKP900 for every adult in Scotland. We're not winning the so-called war on drugs and we have to consider the alternatives.

This week, at the Scottish Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference, our manifesto commitment to promote a change in drug policy will be set out. We are proposing a fundamental reform of the way drug users are prosecuted and sentenced. Not drug dealers. We think it is right that they can face up to life in prison. But we do not believe vulnerable people struggling with addiction should be imprisoned simply for possessing drugs for personal use.

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72 UK: Editorial: Pain And GainThu, 11 Feb 2016
Source:Independent (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:44 Added:02/14/2016

Parliament Should Allow Doctors to Prescribe Cannabis

Those responsible for the Government's drug policies could not be accused of any exaggerated deference to the world of scientific papers, double-blind trials and laboratory-bound research. The Psychoactive Substances Bill - which outlaws anything likely to alter a user's mindset - was described in the New Scientist as one of the "stupidest, most dangerous and unscientific pieces of legislation ever conceived". It demonstrates Parliament moving in the opposite direction to the tonnage of evidence showing that draconian approaches to recreational drug use have failed.

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73 UK: Clegg Backs Campaign Calling for Legalisation of MedicalThu, 11 Feb 2016
Source:Independent (UK) Author:Morris, Nigel Area:United Kingdom Lines:76 Added:02/14/2016

A campaign to legalise the medical use of cannabis is launched today amid warnings that up to 1.1 million people across Britain are currently breaking the law by taking the drug to combat the pain of chronic conditions.

The drive, which coincides with a Coronation Street storyline focusing on the issue, is being supported by the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and senior politicians from all parties.

Campaigners hope to attract hundreds of thousands of signatures for a petition backing the move, with the aim of forcing a Commons debate on legalising medicinal cannabis. They are pressing for ministers to follow the lead of several Western European countries and US states in allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to alleviate the painful symptoms of disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

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74 UK: OPED: Drug CasualtiesWed, 10 Feb 2016
Source:Independent (UK) Author:Grillo, Ioan Area:United Kingdom Lines:263 Added:02/11/2016

Billionaire warlords, who started as small-time weed smugglers, have swathes of Latin America under their bloody rule, and the chaos is creeping north. But, says IOAN GRILLO, they owe their power to white-collar crooks from the States, who first set up their deadly networks

A chain of crime wars is currently strangling Latin America and the Caribbean, drenching it in blood. And the first link in the chain is found in the US. Specifically, in a Barnes and Noble bookshop in a mall in El Paso, Texas.

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75 UK: Cannabis Oil Gives Cancer Patient HopeSun, 31 Jan 2016
Source:Wales on Sunday (UK) Author:Mears, Tyler Area:United Kingdom Lines:118 Added:02/02/2016

A YOUNG man with an inoperable form of bone cancer, who was told he only had a year left to live, claims cannabis oil has given him new hope.

Last August, 23-year-old George Blakemore from Torfaen was diagnosed with Stage 2 Chondrosarcoma a rare form of bone cancer arising from the left pubic ramus bone.

By October it had spread to his lungs and after undergoing one of the strongest forms of chemotherapy, George was told surgery was no longer an option and he may only have around a year left to live.

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76 UK: OPED: A New Deal on Drugs Is As Vital As a Deal on ClimateSun, 31 Jan 2016
Source:Observer, The (UK) Author:Clegg, Nick Area:United Kingdom Lines:122 Added:02/01/2016

Nick Clegg and Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka Set Out Their Vision Before a Forthcoming UN Summit

Standing on the podium at the United Nations in New York in June 1998, Kofi Annan declared: "It is time for all nations to say 'yes' to the challenge of working towards a drug-free world!" The leaders assembled at that meeting agreed: illegal drugs were to be eradicated from the face of the planet. They even set a deadline: 10 years to rid the globe of this scourge. A drug-free world by 2008.

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77 UK: Tory MP Tells Commons He Uses PoppersThu, 21 Jan 2016
Source:Guardian, The (UK) Author:Perraudin, Frances Area:United Kingdom Lines:41 Added:01/22/2016

The Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has admitted using the party drug "poppers", while speaking out in parliament against proposed legislation to ban legal highs.

The chair of parliament's foreign affairs select committee was speaking during a debate on the government's psychoactive substances bill, which seeks to outlaw certain legal recreational drugs. The legislation would ban alkyl (or amyl) nitrate or "poppers" which can be bought in shops.

"There are some times, Madam Deputy Speaker, when something is proposed which becomes personal to you and you realise that the government is about to do something fantastically stupid and I think in those circumstances one has a duty to speak up," said Blunt, who has been MP for Reigate since 1997.

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78 UK: Britain 'Funding Drug Raids in Countries With DeathSun, 17 Jan 2016
Source:Observer, The (UK) Author:Doward, Jamie Area:United Kingdom Lines:59 Added:01/22/2016

The UK taxpayer has given millions of pounds to help Pakistan's counternarcotics force target and arrest drug traffickers, at least five of whom have been sentenced to death.

The revelation has raised questions about the UK's commitment to opposing the death penalty in other countries. Last year Sir Simon McDonald, permanent under-secretary at the Foreign Office, said that human rights no longer had the profile within his department that they had in the past.

The UK's UKP5.6m donation was made to Pakistan's anti-narcotics force, through a five-year UN Office on Drugs and Crime project, despite the fact that the Pakistan government insisted donors could not demand that it be linked to human rights considerations.

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79 UK: MP Admits Poppers Use and Attacks 'Stupid' BanThu, 21 Jan 2016
Source:Daily Telegraph (UK) Author:Riley-Smith, Ben Area:United Kingdom Lines:30 Added:01/22/2016

A CONSERVATIVE MP has revealed he uses amyl nitrate known by the slang name "poppers" during a speech in the House of Commons and criticised the Government's "manifestly stupid" plan to ban sale of the drug.

Crispin Blunt, who is gay, warned the proposals would force homosexual men to deal with criminals if selling the drug was outlawed.

Poppers is a recreational drug popular in the gay community. In Parliament, Mr Blunt said he was "astonished" at government plans. During a debate about the Psychoactive Substances Bill, the former minister said: "Sometimes when something is proposed which becomes personal to you, you realise the Government is about to do something fantastically stupid.

"I use poppers, I out myself as a popper user and would be directly affected by this legislation. I'm astonished to find it's proposing to be banned and frankly so would I think many other gay men."

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80 UK: Review: The Man Who Exposed the Lie of the War on DrugsSun, 27 Dec 2015
Source:Guardian, The (UK) Author:Vulliamy, Ed Area:United Kingdom Lines:159 Added:12/28/2015

Roberto Saviano is determined to uncover capitalism's complicity with the narcolords of South America, writes Ed Vulliamy

Pablo Escobar was "the first to understand that it's not the world of cocaine that must orbit around the markets, but the markets that must rotate around cocaine".

Of course, Escobar didn't put it that way: this heretical truth was posited by Roberto Saviano in his latest book Zero Zero Zero , the most important of the year and the most cogent ever written on how narco-traffic works. It speaks what must be told at the end of another year of drug war spreading further and deeper, that tells what you will not learn from Narcos , Breaking Bad or the countless official reports.

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