Cannabis
Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… 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 »
