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Tory Minister’s husband lobbied to end ban on bee-killing pesticide to use on his sugar plantation

By Chris Bovey The husband of a Conservative MP and head of a British sugar beat company said he is “very happy” with the reversal of the EU ban on bee-killing pesticides, describing it as a “good decision”. Paul Kenwood, Managing…
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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…
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…
Hangman's noose with Priti Patel MP and a cannabis plant.
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New Home Secretary Priti Patel wants a tough stance on drugs

By Chris Bovey Boris Johnson has decided to go full-on batshit crazy with his new Cabinet, a ragbag bunch of right-wing Brexiteers, gammons and disgraced former Ministers. Only the likes of Ann Widdecombe could make this grisly collection…
Lisa Quarrell with her son who has a
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Cops to probe mum for supplying child life saving cannabis medication

By Chris Bovey Police in Scotland are investigating a Scottish mother who supplied a life-saving cannabis-based medicine to her son prescribed by expert paediatrician doctors in The Netherlands. Former police officer, Lisa Quarrell, brought…
The word 'TAX' with cannabis buds imposed on the background.
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The Colorado Experiment could raise billions in cannabis taxation for the UK

By Akash Hashmi The regulation of cannabis has the power to save our underfunded local authorities. The debate surrounding cannabis legislation in the UK is messy, marred by so much in-fighting and disagreement that often either side of the…
Cannabis buds and the EU flag.
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EU is laying the groundwork for legalising medicinal cannabis

By Chris Bovey As prohibition fails throughout the world the European Union is laying the groundwork for legalising medicinal cannabis. A number of EU countries including Portugal, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Croatia,…
Skunk# 1 herbal cannabis and oil tincture.
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Tories demonise skunk while they profit from selling it

By Kevin John Braid Theresa May is on the record to say she shares “concerns over the use of skunk” and the government is “developing a new cross-party drug strategy” to combat it. The Home Office claims skunk contains more THC - the…
British Sugar's legal weed farm vs tiny grow in a lorry in Dorset.

Police protect the Tory Drugs Minister's cannabis interests

By Chris Bovey Two men have been arrested after police discovered four lorry containers full of cannabis plants in north Dorset. Police who found the plants say they were acting on intelligence. I suppose the two poor guys arrested should…
People celebrate legalising weed in Canada.
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2018: A year of weed in review

By Chris Bovey 2018 was an interesting year for cannabis law reform, especially in the USA where it is gradually the land of red white and green. Things got off to a good start on the 1st January 2018, when California legalised the sale of…