
Facebook posting ads encouraging people to sue the NHS
By Chris Bovey
Facebook has been condemned for running adverts during the Coronavirus crisis encouraging people to sue the British National Health Service.
The tech giant which likes to promote an image that its platform is about creating…

Weed is an essential good in L.A. - booze is essential in the UK
By Akash Hashmi
Another day, another police force bragging about their HUGE cannabis haul.
By huge, I again mean a few grams, wrapped in some tin foil from a single user.
South Wales Police Cardiff took to Facebook to share their extremely…

Facebook wrongly bans accounts during Corona outbreak
By Chris Bovey
An apparent bug in Facebook’s algorithm blocked news articles about the COVID-19 outbreak and has restricted some users from using their service.
Legitimate articles concerning safety and health advice were marked as spam,…

2019: the world is turning to pot and weed | yearly review
By Chris Bovey
2019 was another year where the world showed much promise in moving towards the ending of the prohibition of cannabis.
As predicted by Feed The Birds, the minor changes to UK law on medicinal cannabis the British government…

Bournemouth police chopper weed bust Facebook post backfires
By Chris Bovey
A Facebook post by Bournemouth police boasting about using a police helicopter to locate and dismantle a small cannabis grow backfired in the comments section.
Bournemouth South Police announced on Facebook they had used…

Canberra becomes the first Australian Territory to legalise cannabis
By Chris Bovey
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has passed a bill legalising possessing and growing cannabis for personal use in Canberra.
The new law, due to come into force next year on 31st January 2020, will allow people aged…

Facebook restricting organic reach of pro-EU pages
By Chris Bovey
Facebook has become an instrumental part of people’s lives for sharing and disseminating information.
Newsfeeds will show you a mixture of paid-for sponsored ads together with posts from friends, groups you have joined…

Coffeeshop entrepreneur, Nol van Schaik, passes away
By Chris Bovey
Coffeeshop entrepreneur and cannabis activist, Nol van Schaik, unexpectedly passed away in Spain last weekend at the age of 65.
Nol was a larger than life character who ran a number of certified coffeeshops in Haarlem under…

Study shows teen pot usage has gone down in states that have legalised.
By Chris Bovey
Cannabis legalisation in the USA does not appear to increase teen usage and may have the opposite effect, a new US study suggests.
Researchers examined survey data on substance use collected from 1.4 million adolescents…

Brighton Green Pride – the biggest cannabis protestival in the UK
By Chris Bovey
Preparations are underway for the annual Green Pride Protestival, one of the UK's largest cannabis protests and is organised by Brighton Cannabis Club.
It will take place on July 20th 2019 and organisers are hoping the…