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Three more government drugs advisers quit...Mr Johnson. Some members wanted to accept his safeguards over their future work but others remained unhappy, accusing the Government of prejudging the review of cannabis ordered by Gordon Brown when he became Prime Minister. The drug was... In this article: Alan Johnson, Cannabis, Gordon Brown, Liberal Democrats, and Royal Society |
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BBC News | October 31, 2009
Sacked adviser criticises Brown
...Brown Prof Nutt said the PM's stance on cannabis was 'absurd' The UK's former chief drugs adviser has accused Gordon Brown of reclassifying cannabis for political reasons. Prof David Nutt also predicted there would be further...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson, King's College, London, Nicotine, and Liberal Democrat
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Daily Mail | November 03, 2009
Gordon Brown: I overruled drugs advisers to avoid sending mixed messages to the young
...messages to the young Last updated at 12:29 PM on 03rd November 2009 Gordon Brown today insisted he was right to overrule his own drugs advisers on cannabis. The Prime Minister warned against calls for softer sentences related to drug...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson, Climate change, Imperial College London, Robin Murray, and Chris Grayling
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'On my side'
...clamber onto a horse. And he questioned the right of politicians to use certain words - berating Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the vocabulary he used to describe skunk, one of the most potent forms of cannabis. "Scientists should talk...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Democracy, Moral imperative, Tobacco, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Alan Johnson
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Drugs adviser was wrong - Johnson
...for political reasons. He told the BBC last week the government had ignored advice and upgraded cannabis to a Class B drug against the scientific evidence and "on the whim of the prime minister". Since being sacked via e-mail by...
In this article: Alan Johnson, Gordon Brown, E mail, and Nicotine
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Guardian Unlimited | October 31, 2009
Sacked adviser says Brown's cannabis stance is 'absurd'
...decisions before they've even consulted with their experts. "I know that my committee was very, very upset by the attitude the prime minister took over cannabis. We actually formally wrote to him to complain about it," he said. "I...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson, King's College London, Misuse of Drugs Act, and JavaScript
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scotsman.com - Politics | November 02, 2009
Clarke criticises Brown as drugs adviser row escalates
...of ignoring his own scientific advisers. Mr Clarke insisted the Prime Minister had been wrong to "prejudge" the decision on toughening cannabis laws before experts had even studied the issue. The intervention came as more members of the...
In this article: Charles Clarke, Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson, BBC Radio 4, David Cameron, and London
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Drugs tsar sacked for claiming Ecstasy, cannabis and LSD are less harmful than alcohols says more advisors will quit
...advisors will quit Last updated at 4:00 PM on 31st October 2009 Controversy: Professor David Nutt criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis as a Class B drug The UK's chief drugs tsar sacked over his controversial views today...
In this article: Alan Johnson, Tobacco, Jacqui Smith, and Gordon Brown
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International Herald Tribune | November 02, 2009
Let Scientists Write Drug Laws, Says Fired British Expert
...on the Web site of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies), Professor Nutt had argued against the government's decision to treat cannabis as a more dangerous drug. The next day he was asked to resign by Alan Johnson, the British home...
In this article: Alan Johnson, Pierre Bourdieu, Radovan Karadzic, Gordon Brown, Misuse of Drugs Act, Tories, and Psychopharmacology
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ITN Headline News - UK News | October 31, 2009
Drugs czar warns of protest resignations
...and tobacco from other, illegal, drugs. He had earlier been scathing about then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Gordon Brown's decision to upgrade cannabis to class B in defiance of his advice. Prof Nutt said: "He is the first Prime...
In this article: Gordon Brown, King's College, London, Misuse of Drugs Act, Tobacco, and Jacqui Smith
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Cannabis, also known as marijuana, marihuana, or ganja (from Nepali/Urdu/Hindi/Sanskrit: गांजा/گانجا gañjā, hemp) refers to any number of preparations of the cannabis plant intended for human consumption as a drug, the most common of which being the natural herbal form.
The herbal form of the drug consists of mature female flowers and sub-tending leaves of pistillate (female) plants. The resinous form, known as hashish, consists primarily of glandular trichomes collected from the same plant material. The major biologically active chemical compound in cannabis is Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), commonly referred to as THC.
Humans' consumption of cannabis pre-dates history. In the 20th century there was a considerable increase in its use for recreational, religious or spiritual, and medicinal purposes. It is estimated that about four percent of the world's adult population (162 million) use cannabis annually and 0.6 percent (22.5 million) daily. The possession, use, or sale of psychoactive cannabis products became illegal in most parts of the world in the early 20th century. Since then, some countries have intensified the enforcement of cannabis prohibition while others have reduced the priority of enforcement.
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