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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…