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We're on the verge of victory in the fight for medicinal cannabis

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/18/2014 - 14:11

By Peter Reynolds

The last British politician to have the courage to follow the evidence on drugs policy and introduce radical reform was Margaret Thatcher.  Now Norman Baker isn't normally in the same category as Thatcher but they have both demonstrated courage in the face of opposition from their colleagues and widespread bigotry and ignorance in parliament and Whitehall.

Tory cabinet members in 1986 must have been spluttering into their claret and very large whiskies when they heard Margaret was insisting on introducing clean needle exchange for injecting drug users. She was absolutely right to do so and her action saved thousands of lives. Many other countries followed her lead and it slowed the spread of HIV dramatically.

Of course, Margaret Thatcher was that very rare thing amongst leading politicians - a scientist.  She knew the value of evidence and that even when it was pointing in an uncomfortable direction,...

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