The northlondonhippy

The fol­low­ing arti­cles pro­vide the foun­da­tion for my “cannabis truth series”. These reports are the sources and ref­er­ences I used when putting it together.

A few peo­ple emailed ask­ing if I could pull this list together — I can and I have. I hope you all find it use­ful. Please feel free to refer peo­ple to this page, or my “truth series”, espe­cially when you spot mis­re­port­ing or mis­in­for­ma­tion on the sub­ject in the press. You’re going to be see­ing lots of that in the near future, so please don’t hes­i­tate in point­ing out the truth to those who pub­lish unsub­stan­ti­ated lies!

Gov­ern­ment drugs pol­icy does not work, says report
by Alexan­dra Top­ping
Fri­day March 9, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0„2029756,00.html

Tak­ing the harm out of drugs
by India Knight
March 11, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article1496833.ece

Cannabis use down since legal change
by Alan Travis, home affairs edi­tor
Fri­day Octo­ber 26 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/oct/26/drugsandalcohol.homeaffairs

Fewer young peo­ple using cannabis but more are turn­ing to cocaine
by Richard Ford, Home Cor­re­spon­dent
Octo­ber 26, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2738569.ece

Cannabis use is ‘falling fast’ among young adults
By Nigel Mor­ris, Home Affairs Cor­re­spon­dent
26 Octo­ber 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article3098871.ece

Drugs strat­egy debate ‘is a sham’
by Jamie Doward, home affairs edi­tor
Sun­day Octo­ber 21, 2007
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0„2195985,00.html

Think Again: Drugs
By Ethan Nadel­mann
September/October 2007
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3932&page=0

Legalise all drugs: chief con­sta­ble demands end to ‘immoral laws’
By Jonathan Brown and David Lang­ton
15 Octo­ber 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3061121.ece

For­mer pris­ons inspec­tor backs call to legalise drugs
By Nigel Mor­ris, Home Affairs Cor­re­spon­dent
16 Octo­ber 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3063804.ece

Skunk strength has dou­bled, stud­ies sug­gest
by Alan Travis, home affairs edi­tor
Mon­day Sep­tem­ber 17, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0„2170798,00.html

Warn­ing issued over cannabis adul­ter­ated with glass beads
by James Ran­der­son, sci­ence cor­re­spon­dent
Fri­day Jan­u­ary 12, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0„1988627,00.html

I smoked cannabis. I went mad. But life’s not that sim­ple
by Rufus May
29 July 2007
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2814693.ece

Experts dis­miss case for cannabis reclas­si­fi­ca­tion
by David Batty and agen­cies
Fri­day July 27, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0„2136450,00.html

Debunked: politi­cians’ excuse that cannabis has become stronger
By Jeremy Lau­rance, Health Edi­tor
21 July 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2788634.ece

Reefer Mad­ness Revis­ited
by Fran­cis Sedge­more
11 June 2007
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/francis_sedgemore/2007/06/reefer_madness_revisited.html

Cherry pick­ing data to prove a point about cannabis
by Ben Goldacre
Sat­ur­day March 24, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0„2041711,00.html

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