Cannabis
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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Most primary school children are able to name at least four illegal drugs, a new study has shown. The research conducted by Life Education consisted of surveys of 1,500 children between the ages of nine and 11 in schools in England and Northern Ireland. Students were asked about the names of illicit drugs they were… Read more »
Opposition is growing to the government’s decision to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug. Danny Kushlick of charitable thinktank Transform Drug Policy Foundation says the government’s decision to reverse its January 2004 downgrading of cannabis to class C reflects the “political travesty” of current drug policy. Home secretary Jacqui Smith told the Commons yesterday… Read more »
