David Hibbitt, 33, was given a terminal diagnosis but claims he was saved with the help of class B drug David Hibbitt who is looking to set up the David Hibbitt Foundation in Liverpool. Photo by Ian Cooper.

A dad who claims cannabis oil helped him fight terminal cancer is setting up a foundation in his name in Liverpool.

David Hibbitt was just 30 when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer that had spread around his body.

Chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy failed to rid him of the disease and David was given no more than two years to live in February 2014.

The prohibition of cannabis will surely be consigned to the history books, just like the prohibition of alcohol.

Tim Farron MP, the leader of the Liberal Democrats party is the first party political leader to publicly call for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational users.

“The War on Drugs is Over”

Tim Farron MP, the leader of the Liberal Democrats party is the first party political leader to publicly call for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational users.

“The War on Drugs is Over”

Following the example set by a growing number of States in America, the recreational use of cannabis is following on from the successful legalization of cannabis for medical use.

New findings suggest the link between the use of marijuana and mental illness may not be as prevalent as first thought.

HEROIN, cocaine and ecstasy users should face police warnings instead of prison if found with small amounts of drugs for their 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.

Leader Willie Rennie will ask delegates to make treating drug use a health and social issue rather than a criminal one a key manifesto pledge for May’s Holyrood election.

SOUTH Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use, sparking a row with the Conservative candidate for police and crime commissioner.

Mr Farron will back a motion calling for the Liberal Democrats to extend their existing support for the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use to recreational use.

The move comes after the release of findings from a Lib Dem appointed expert panel.

It will see Mr Farron become the first leader of one of Britain’s main political parties to call for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use.

A British man in Paphos has been taken into custody after police discovered that he had ordered illegal drugs online with the use of the bitcoin digital currency to pay for mail delivery.

The 23-year-old expart had visited an underground social forum where he was able to use bitcoin credit to pay for his order, said to be 30 grams of cannabis.

The order was processed in Canada where the illegal drugs were sealed in an envelope and were delivered to the suspect in Konia community in Cyprus.

Local police had been informed about the delivery and were on the lookout for the man picking up the package. It is believed that the sealed envelope was protected in such a way that it would not have been easy for someone to know its contents inside.

Researchers have identified a gene which can be used to predict how susceptible a young person is to the mind-altering effects of smoking marijuana, an increasing concern as the cultural movement shifts toward legalization.  Around one percent of cannabis users develop psychosis. It is known that smoking cannabis daily doubles an individual's risk of developing a psychotic disorder, but it has been difficult to establish who is most vulnerable.  

CISTA says it hopes to run 18 candidates for May’s Assembly election.

It’s one year since CISTA (Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol) was officially launched, calling for reform of the UK’s laws on cannabis.

The organisation recently opened a headquarters for the North in Omagh.

Plans to run 18 candidates marks a significant increase on the four who contested the 2014 Westminster election in the North. Running 18 candidates should also ensure that the party is guaranteed a televised party election broadcast later this year.

CISTA NI leader Barry Brown, who will stand in West Tyrone, said 14 other people have so far expressed interest in standing for the party across the North on May 5.

NINE out of ten people have backed calls for cannabis to be legalised for recreational use in an Evening Mail poll.

Westmorland and Lonsdale MP and Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, is expected to become the first leader of a major political party to call for the class B drug to be made legal for social use at the party's spring conference next month.

And it appears plenty of people support his view in south Cumbria as 90 per cent of respondents to a survey on www.nwemail.co.uk agree it should be made legal.

The news has attracted debate across social media and local politicians have voiced their views for and against the idea.