New polling by Redfield and Wilton, conducted for the APPG, gives an insight into the average British voter’s views on our drug laws, and an insight in particular into the views of those living in so-called ‘red wall’ Parliamentary constituencies.
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Maybe in an ideal world everybody would be so happy and content, so free of stress and anxiety, so confident and assured that there would be no requirement for alcohol or indeed any recreational drugs. But we are not there and we never have been. Throughout history for a variety of reasons people have taken drugs.
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“Just say no” has given half a century of moral satisfaction to its proponents but now it’s time to assess the cost.
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MPs have criticised the UK’s cannabis laws and called for urgent reform after a boy had his first epileptic seizure in 300 days because the government had ordered his doctor to stop prescribing him potentially life-saving cannabis oil.
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Next week Canada will become the first G7 country to vote to legalise and regulate cannabis.
It joins Uruguay and nine US states, and will probably be followed by New Zealand, which is set to hold a referendum on legalising cannabis in the next three years.
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Young people are planning the sunnier months ahead at festivals and clubs across the country. We must not miss this opportunity to protect them from drug-related harm, say Jeff Smith MP and Professor Fiona Measham.
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A licence to allow a boy to legally take cannabis to treat his epilepsy is being considered by the government. Six-year-old Alfie Dingley, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, suffers up to 30 violent seizures a day.
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Taking cannabis for medical reasons should be made legal, says a cross-party group of UK politicians. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform says there is clear evidence cannabis could have a therapeutic role for some conditions, including chronic pain and anxiety.
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Cannabis should be made legal in Britain for medicinal uses, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers who led an inquiry into the drug’s potential to help patients. The recommendation from the group chaired by Lady Meacher would put the UK in line with at least 11 other European countries and 24 US states where laws already allow people to use the drug to alleviate chronic pain and other symptoms
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A high level parliamentary enquiry has called for the legalisation of cannabis for medical purposes. The report, by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform, has been published today and follows an extensive inquiry lasting 7 months into the medical value of cannabis, currently a Schedule I substance.
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A group of MPs and Peers says legal cannabis markets should be tested and drug use decriminalised as part of a radical new approach to drug use. The All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform wants an overhaul in global narcotics policy.
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