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1 UK: Editorial: Society's ScourgeMon, 22 Dec 2014
Source:Yorkshire Post (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:38 Added:12/22/2014

Drugs the Common Denominator

THE NHS is not the only organisation facing difficult decisions on funding. The same applies to the police with Sheffield-born Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan Police's commissioner, warning that public safety will be at risk unless radical measures are taken to deal with cuts.

Yet the challenges facing the NHS and the police are linked by one common denominator drugs. Misuse remains one of the biggest drains on the public purse and this scourge on society diverts vital resources away from treating the elderly, or making sure that vulnerable senior citizens remain safe in their home.

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2 UK: High HopesFri, 19 Dec 2014
Source:Independent (UK) Author:Hilpern, Kate Area:United Kingdom Lines:139 Added:12/20/2014

Could Cannabis Oil Reverse the Effects of Cancer? As a Film Following Six Patients Receiving the Controversial Treatment Is Released, Kate Hilpern Uncovers a Very Slippery Issue

In the summer of 2012, George Wilkins, a documentary filmmaker,was in his friend's health food shop when a customer walked in, looking exceptionally ill. "He walked up to the counter and asked for hemp oil to help treat his lung cancer," explains the 29-year-old from Hull.

"When I quizzed him, it turned out he was muddling hemp oil with cannabis oil. Still, I thought, why would he want that? So when I got home, I started researching it and found some quite compelling scientific evidence about the huge benefits of cannabis oil for cancer patients. Meanwhile, the health of the guy who came into the shop improved significantly within just a month of taking it."

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3 UK: Scots To Trial Cannabis As An Epilepsy TreatmentWed, 17 Dec 2014
Source:Scotsman (UK) Author:Edwards, Rhiannon Area:United Kingdom Lines:36 Added:12/18/2014

CHILDREN with severe epilepsy could be helped by a new treatment derived from the cannabis plant which is to be trialled in Scotland.

Doctors in the UK have been given the go-ahead to test the medicine, which does not contain the ingredient that produces the high associated with recreational cannabis use.

The treatment, called Epidiolex, is based on one of the nonpsychoactive components of the cannabis plant, called CBD.

Early studies in the US have shown treatment may reduce the frequency and severity of seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy.

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4 UK: The 'Big Buddha' Flooding UK With Cannabis Seeds ... SoldSun, 07 Dec 2014
Source:Mail on Sunday, The (UK) Author:Murphy, Simon Area:United Kingdom Lines:203 Added:12/07/2014

How 'Headshop' Dealers Make Millions and a Mockery of Drug Laws by Passing Off Hallucinogenic Skunk Starter Kits As 'Souvenirs'

FLASHING a smug grin as he poses proudly in a field of flourishing cannabis plants, this is the businessman responsible for allegedly flooding Britain with high-strength cannabis, fuelling a multi-millionpound market in home-grown illegal drugs.

Milo Yung, who calls himself 'the Big Buddha', claims to be the founder of Britain's 'number one' brand of cannabis, which is sold around the country in colourful packets boasting of the product's 'unique high' and 'old skool taste'.

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5 UK: Huge Rise In Skunk-Triggered IllnessSun, 07 Dec 2014
Source:Mail on Sunday, The (UK) Author:Petre, Jonathan Area:United Kingdom Lines:61 Added:12/07/2014

YOUNG people are being treated in record numbers for mental health problems which have been caused by cannabis.

Official figures show more than 5,000 under-25s were treated for addiction and psychiatric problems with the drug over the past year.

Experts believe the rise has been caused by new strains of cannabis - known as skunk - which are more potent than those grown in the past.

And they say the alarming figures might have been even worse were it not for the overall numbers of cannabis users falling.

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6 UK: Lung Disease On Rise Over UK Cannabis Habits, AlertFri, 05 Dec 2014
Source:Western Mail (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:55 Added:12/06/2014

BRITAIN is on the verge of a steep rise in young adults getting a severe form of lung disease due to regular cannabis and tobacco smoking, Welsh scientists have warned.

Lung specialists have given the warning at the winter meeting of the British Thoracic Society.

A study at Bangor analysed patients attending A&E with a severe and accelerated form of emphysema linked to their high use of cannabis and tobacco.

Some patients were in their 30s and the whole sample had smoked five joints a day - or more for at least a decade.

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7 UK: OPED: Drug Addicts Need To Be Deterred, Not Egged On By The State...Mon, 01 Dec 2014
Source:Manchester Evening News (UK) Author:Woolfe, Steven Area:United Kingdom Lines:43 Added:12/03/2014

When I stood as the Ukip Police and Crime Commissioner candidate in 2012 for Greater Manchester, I was a strong voice against the decriminalisation of drugs then and my view, driven by evidence, has not changed since.

The reality is that decriminalising drugs would result in drug houses becoming a familiar sight in our towns, in which users would be able to indulge in poisoning there bodies LEGALLY.

Drug addicts need deterrence, not encouragement from the state.

The most effective deterrent must come from our judicial system.

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8 UK: Column: The Lessons Of Alex Norton's Heroin AdmissionMon, 01 Dec 2014
Source:Herald, The (Glasgow, UK) Author:Craven, Shona Area:United Kingdom Lines:98 Added:12/03/2014

Drug-use confessions by those in the public eye have a lot of power to shape perceptions, writes SHONA CRAVEN

While most of us are well aware of how addictions shatter families and blight communities, the addict - particularly the heroin addict - remains an unfathomable "other".

And while great efforts have been made in recent years to change public perceptions, that label retains an unmistakable moral, rather than medical, dimension.

Any pity for a drug user with a wretched life is paired with a confidence that such a life is the product of choices we ourselves would never make.

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9 UK: Police Raids Hit Swindon Drug Dealers Where It HurtsMon, 01 Dec 2014
Source:Swindon Advertiser (UK) Author:Gilbert, Dominic Area:United Kingdom Lines:138 Added:12/03/2014

"WE have hit their criminality hard by hitting them in their pockets as well."

Those were the words of Detective Inspector Paul Fisher after a series of raids over the course of four hours on Saturday morning saw drug networks in Swindon lose out on around ?70,000 in cash and product, with eight suspects given a new bed behind bars and a number of weapons taken off the streets.

Around 50 officers carried out eight warrants around the town from 9am as part of a countywide operation which saw similar raids executed in Melksham and Amesbury.

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10 UK: Sir Peter: We Need A More Medical Approach...Mon, 01 Dec 2014
Source:Manchester Evening News (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:39 Added:12/02/2014

Sir Peter Fahy said he was in favour of a 'more medical approach' to dealing with drug offenders.

The GMP chief constable added that 'everyone' involved in drugs policy had 'concerns' about the current approach.

A Home Office report revealed there was 'no obvious' link between tough laws and drug use.

It sparked a debate of decriminalisation of some or all drugs - with the report pointing to the example of Portugal, where there has been a 'considerable' improvement in the health of users since the country made possession a health issue rather than a criminal one in 2001.

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11 UK: 99 Pupils Found With Drugs at School - but Only Six ChargedMon, 01 Dec 2014
Source:Manchester Evening News (UK) Author:Thompson, Dan Area:United Kingdom Lines:68 Added:12/02/2014

Chief Constable Says Force Has Policy of Not Criminalising Children With Small Amounts of Illegal Substances

ALMOST 100 pupils have been found with illegal drugs in Greater Manchester's schools over the last three years - but charges were only brought in six cases.

Dozens of pupils have been caught with cannabis

The vast majority of the pupils caught had cannabis, but some were discovered with class A drugs - including heroin and ecstasy.

Most of the incidents related to secondary schools, although police were called to two primary schools after pupils inadvertenly brought suspicous or illegal substances in from home. Figures, obtained by the M.E.N. using Freedom of Information laws, show that Greater Manchester Police dealt with 99 drug crimes involving students at schools between January 2012 and September this year.

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12 UK: OPED: History Shows Us Prohibition of Drugs Doesn't Work...Mon, 01 Dec 2014
Source:Manchester Evening News (UK) Author:Buckley, Nick Area:United Kingdom Lines:49 Added:12/02/2014

ILLEGAL drug use has become a social norm now.

You can walk through Manchester city centre any day of the week and within minutes you will smell cannabis. And that's in the city centre, never mind the estates, where people are smoking it like they would drink a cup of tea. I see kids walking to school at 8am smoking spliffs.

It's pretty clear that the war on drugs has been a failure. History teaches us that prohibition doesn't work.

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13 UK: PUB LTE: Planting PotSat, 22 Nov 2014
Source:Economist, The (UK) Author:Sharpe, Robert Area:United Kingdom Lines:23 Added:11/22/2014

SIR - The United States has almost twice the rate of marijuana use as the Netherlands, where the drug has been legally available for decades. The criminalisation of people who prefer marijuana to martinis has no basis in science. The war on cannabis is a failed cultural inquisition, not an evidence-based public-health campaign. It is time to stop the pointless arrests and instead legalise cannabis and tax it.

Robert Sharpe Policy analyst Common Sense for Drug Policy Washington, DC

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14 UK: PUB LTE: Planting PotSat, 22 Nov 2014
Source:Economist, The (UK) Author:IV, W. J. Tate Area:United Kingdom Lines:27 Added:11/21/2014

SIR - Like others you write about the legalisation of the growing cannabis "industry" ("Marijuana milestone", November 8th). But the last thing this industry needs is to become like Big Tobacco. Cannabis is not an easy plant to cultivate. It requires a lot of attention and this is reflected in the price. Because sales and investment between states in America is banned it remains a local industry that maintains a high quality. There are dozens of examples of mass-produced cannabis products that are bland, tasteless reflections of what was once crafted or cultivated with care.

Ewing, New Jersey

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15 UK: Death of an Unlikely Rebel Who Became Something of a CauseThu, 13 Nov 2014
Source:Evening Chronicle (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:65 Added:11/14/2014

CANNABIS gran Pat Tabram, who used to cook drug-laced casseroles for her neighbours, was ahead of her times, a friend has said after her death.

Ms Tabram hit the headlines when her house was repeatedly raided by police after they were tipped off about the savoury smells and activities coming from her bungalow near Hexham, Northumberland.

In her kitchen she would cook up home-made herbal cookies, casseroles and soups, all with the special ingredient for her friends, who she said she was medicating.

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16 UK: LTE: Britain Needs Tougher Drugs LawsSun, 09 Nov 2014
Source:Daily Telegraph (UK) Author:McMillan, George K Area:United Kingdom Lines:35 Added:11/09/2014

SIR The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, claims that our "tough" drugs control policy is failing and advocates a "smarter" approach, abolishing prison sentences for drug addicts and concentrating on treatment.

These and other policies dealing with offenders are not working as well as they should because of the dithering of our political leaders with regards to punishment, treatment and rehabilitation.

Drug addicts and abusers should not be left out in society to fend for themselves. Some kind of custodial remedy must apply, whether it be in prison or a secure hospital. If they go back to drugs when they are released, they should be returned to custody.

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17 UK: Editorial: Marijuana MilestoneSat, 08 Nov 2014
Source:Economist, The (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:91 Added:11/07/2014

Almost Half of American States Have Taken Steps to Legalise Cannabis. the Federal Government Should Follow

BESIDES choosing lawmakers, on November 4th voters in three American states and the District of Columbia considered measures to liberalise the cannabis trade.

Alaska and Oregon, where it is legal to provide "medical marijuana" to registered patients, voted to go further and let the drug be sold and taken for recreational purposes, as Colorado and Washington state already allow.

In DC, a measure to legalise the possession of small amounts for personal use was passed.

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18 UK: Column: The Marlboro Of MarijuanaSat, 08 Nov 2014
Source:Economist, The (UK) Author:Schumpeter, Area:United Kingdom Lines:139 Added:11/07/2014

The Legal Cannabis Industry Is Run by Minnows. As Liberalisation Spreads, That May Not Last

"FRESH and fruity, right?" says a bright-eyed young man behind the counter, wafting an open jar of something called "AK-47" under Schumpeter's nose. "Whereas with this one",-unscrewing another jar, fanning the scent up to his nostrils and closing his eyes in concentration-"I'm getting notes of dill."

Drug dealers aren't what they used to be. In Colorado, which in January became the first place in the world fully to legalise cannabis, buying a joint feels more like visiting a trendy craft-brewery than a drug den. Dispensaries along Denver's "green mile" are packed with young, bearded men earnestly discussing the merits of strains with names like "Bio-Jesus" and "Death Star". Some varieties claim to be inspirational, while others say they promote relaxation, or "couch-lock", as the tokers call it.

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19 UK: Crime Or Health Issue?Wed, 05 Nov 2014
Source:Courier, The (Dundee, UK) Author:Ritchie, Gayle Area:United Kingdom Lines:128 Added:11/06/2014

As the Decriminalisation of Drugs Comes Back on the Political Agenda, We Polled Courier Readers on Their Views. Gayle Ritchie Explores the Results

VISIT MOST Sheriff Courts in Scotland on any day of the week and the chances are they will be inundated with people charged with drug offences.

Many, but not all, of these people are repeat offenders, flouting the law time and time again, and wasting taxpayers' money in the process.

Some might argue the laws prohibiting drug use are largely disregarded; the vast majority of drug users shrug their shoulders at the law.

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20 UK: 'I've Always Tried To Do The Unexpected'Tue, 04 Nov 2014
Source:Independent (UK) Author:Morris, Nigel Area:United Kingdom Lines:118 Added:11/05/2014

A Failure to Act on the Evidence of a Drug Policy Report Spurred Baker's Decision to Resign, He Tells Nigel Morris

When Norman Baker closed a landmark Commons debate on drugs last week his final remark - "the genie is out of the bottle and it is not going back in" - had a secret personal significance.

They were to be his final words from the Commons dispatch box.

He had privately told Nick Clegg two months earlier that he wanted to step down from the Government after more than four years, including 12 months trying to get the Liberal Democrat voice heard in the Home Office.

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