Aug 29, 2014 By Anthony Bond Jonathan Yates, 65, whose throat has been badly damaged by radiation treatment for tongue cancer, says cannabis is the only effective pain killer he can find

A cop’s experience tells him the drug war is doing more harm than good By Jack Cole AUGUST 24, 2014

August 25, 2014 The enterprise that managed to prohibit the coca leaf internationally now has to try to save its face by “withdrawing” its application after denial by agency in India “Coca-Cola is a shameless and unethical company that has consistently placed its pursuit of profits over the well-being of communities that live around its […]

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By William Patey, British ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010-2012 25 June 2014 When Tony Blair deployed British troops in Afghanistan, ending the illicit production and supply of opium was cited as a key objective. In 2001 the prime minister linked heroin use in the UK with opium cultivation in Afghanistan: “The arms the Taliban buy […]

13 August 2014 By Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent Norman Baker will say in a letter to Jeremy Hunt that cannabis would help relieve symptoms of a range of medical conditions

May 21st, 2014 By Timothy Alexander Guzman* The first country to defy the ‘War on Drugs’ by legalizing marijuana is Uruguay. It was described as a revolutionary act against the prohibition of a plant that is used by millions worldwide under the former Marxist guerilla and political prisoner who is now the President of Uruguay […]

By Tina Griego 30 July 2014 In these, the curious, infant days of the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana, of shiny dispensaries and touch-screen ordering and suburban parties where joints are passed like appetizers over granite countertops, no one would notice the duplex. Plain brick, patchy grass behind chain link, it appears weary, resigned to […]

August 6, 2014 Austrian cannabis activists have started a parliamentary initiative to legalize cannabis in Austria on Wednesday. Initiated by „Legalize! Oesterreich“ and supported by the Hemp Institute, Austrian voters can now sign an online initiative on the website of the Austrian parliament which is obliged to discuss the matter.

The party also wants to increase the use of medicinal cannabis in the national health sector 4 August 2014