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63 year old man sentenced for growing cannabis to treat his arthritis

By Akash Hashmi A 63-year-old plasterer from Falmouth was caught with 19 cannabis plants and sentenced for two months in prison, suspended for six months. Stephen Barnes, 63, said he used cannabis for arthritic pain relief, a widely known…
A policeman cuts down a door using a chainsaw.
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Runcorn police destroy door with chainsaw to find half a joint

By Kevin John Braid Police in Runcorn have boasted on Facebook about a door they vandalised with a chainsaw in a bust to recover half a joint. The post boasted that a "Misuse of Drugs Act warrant was executed and a quantity of drugs had…
negligenceclaim.com parasites encouraging people to sue the NHS.
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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…
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Tabloid hack urges people to grass on their neighbours for weed

By Kevin John Braid It’s not only national tabloids like the Daily Mail that write nonsense about cannabis, local newspaper journalist, Alex Evans, also can too. The Yorkshire Post, demonstrated that local newspapers are equally capable…
Weed is an essential good in California.
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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…
Anti-Brexit activist, Chris Bovey, censored by Facebook for his liberal pro-EU views.
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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,…
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Tory Party donor facilitates licenses to grow weed in the UK

By Chris Bovey A new commercial venture, Crop17, has been set up to help people jump through the hoops of fire to obtain a Home Office license to legally grow cannabis in the UK. Real estate company Savills and cannabis consultancy Hanway…
UK Prime Minister, Borish Johnson, smoking a bong.
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Disappointment for stoners as Brexit Bong crowdfunder fails to gain traction

By Chris Bovey Cannabis consumers in Britain were left disappointed after the PM’s support for a crowdfunder for a Brexit bong failed to gain traction. Boris Johnson’s suggestion the public could chip in to fund a Bong for Brexit sadly…
Commercial cannabis grow room 2020
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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…
British police helicopter flying over cannabis leaves
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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 a police…