Cannabis was made illegal in the United Kingdom on 28September, 1928 as an addition to the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1920. However doctors were able to prescribe cannabis for medical uses in the UK until 1971. What medical uses? Well, in part, treating drug addiction.

On 28 September 1971, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 came into force creating the Class A, B and C classification system and making even more drugs controlled substances.

A former chief constable is to head a new umbrella organisation of cannabis law reform campaign groups that will seek to change views about the use of the drug.

Tom Lloyd, formerly of Cambridgeshire police, will chair the National CannabisCoalition (NCC), an alliance of groups calling for legal access to the drug for recreational use for adults and for medicinal use for anybody who needs it.

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Police discovered a cannabis “forest” the size of a football pitch growing openly in one of London’s most affluent boroughs.

Officers posted images of the shocking discovery on Twitter after an anonymous tip on Thursday informed the force of “a few cannabis plants.” The plantation was found on disused private land on leafy Kingston’s Lower Marsh Lane, situated near a college, university halls, fitness center, and Berrylands train station. Upon arrival, officers were greeted by scores of plants of extraordinary heights, with some standing at around five feet.

Researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, have carried out an analysis of dozens of trials of the medical benefits of cannabis or marijuana.

Dr. Penny Whiting and her team looked at 79 randomized trials including 6,462 participants. Overall, this contained “moderate-quality evidence” to support the use of cannabinoids (chemical compounds that are the active principles in cannabis or marijuana) for chronic pain or spasticity due to multiple sclerosis.

A Wi-Fi-Connected Cannabis Growing Lab for the Geeky Homegrower Par Gizmodo UK dans Technology le 23 September 2015 à 21 h 00 min

There’s a hot new trend amongst young people. No, it isn’t rap music, skateboarding or whipping up hate mobs on Tumblr, or whatever it is that young people do these days – it’s gardening.

Well, maybe, anyway.

The liberalisation of the drugs laws in the States has also provided ample business opportunities for start-ups looking to make some green. Which is perhaps why the Leaf “Plug N Plant” box is now a thing.

A prominent cannabis campaigner from Stockport has called on the NHS to GROW their own cannabis in a bid to save money on pharmaceutical drugs.

Colin Davies says he is continuing to lead a revolution on restrictive laws, which he claims are preventing terminally ill people from accessing treatment that could save them.

The 57-year-old, who famously once handed the Queen a bouquet of cannabis leaves, is keen to push a debate on the subject, and has been campaigning on the streets of Manchester in an effort to educate people on the health benefits and dangers of cannabis.

GUERNSEY should lead the way in piloting the medical use of illicit drugs such as Ecstasy, LSD and cannabis, a former UK government drugs adviser has said.

Psychiatrist and ex-drugs tsar Professor David Nutt, pictured, who has courted controversy over his stance on drug policy and was sacked by the UK government in 2009, said making cannabis available for medicinal purposes in Guernsey could not only benefit the health of people locally, but also do a great deal for the economy and tourism.

‘I would also suggest maybe a more rational approach to the law surrounding other drugs,’ he said. ‘MDMA was a medicine before it was made illegal.’