Tag Archives: Cannabis

The surprising effectiveness of medical marijuana

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Caspar

The other highly surprising thing I learnt at the recent SSDP UK conference was just how amazingly effective cannabis is as a medicine. Obviously, I knew that marijuana was available as ‘medicine’ in some countries and US states. But I largely … Continue reading →

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CLEAR ask Baroness Browning to legalise cannabis

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Caspar

The United Kingdom have a new Drugs minister, Baroness Browning. Peter Reynolds from CLEAR, the Cannabis Legal Reform group has written her an open letter urging a change of direction. He couches it in language the conservatives will understand: Prohibition … Continue reading →

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Going green – legalizing cannabis would save LOTS of energy.

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Caspar

by Lumininteractive via Blame it on the voices Related articles Cannabis Carbon = 3 Million Cars (andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com) Some pot smoking not green at all (isiria.wordpress.com) Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about … Continue reading →

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Should Budweiser become a green king?

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Caspar

Image by ledanois via Flickr Seems I’m not the only one speculating on who is going to get rich when the US finally legalises pot. Bill McClelland has an article in the Saint Loius Post-Dispatch suggesting that Missouri, beer capital … Continue reading →

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