A SELECTION OF

Published Cannabis Letters and Articles 2011 to date

(written by or referring to some of the UK's prominent cannabis campaigners)

LTE = published letter; ART = article; # = published in more than one paper; qte = quote

To find the URL and / or contact details of the papers, look here

NOTE: IT IS NOT CANNABIS ITSELF THAT IS ILLEGAL - IT IS THE POSSESSION, CULTIVATION AND SUPPLY WITHOUT A LICENSE THAT IS BANNED.

May 1 2013

Smoking cannabis is the only way I can live a normal life - ex-police special

ART

Qte: Carl Wagner

Hull Daily Mail, UK

March 21 2013

Group condemns ‘cannabis cards’ (NORML UK)

ART

Greg de Hoedt, NORML UK

York Press, UK

January 24 2013

Medical Cannabis 'Offers Dramatic Relief to Chronic Pain Sufferers'

ART

Hannah Osborne

International Business Times

December 14 2012

Charities Give Clegg Backing in Call for Overhaul of Drug Laws

ART

QTE: Danny Kushlick, Transform

The Independent

December 10 2012

The Curious Case of the Home Affairs Select Committee's Drugs Policy Report

ART

Jason Reed

Huffington Post

December 8 2012

'Jailing Pot Smokers is Not Solution': Manchester Drug Activist Slams 250-plant-a-day GMP Cannabis Seizures

ART

QTE: Sarah McCulloch

Mancunian Matters, UK

September 30 2012

A 'sword in the side of prohibition'

ART

QTE: Clark French

Reading Chronicle, UK

September 27 2012

Medical Cannabis User Says Drug Should Be Legalised

ART

QTE: Clark French

Get Wokingham, UK

September 25 2012

Campaign to Make Drug Legal For Medicinal Use in the UK: Cannabis Oil Eases My Symptoms of MS

ART

QTE: Clark French

Readuing Post, UK

September 24 2012

Multiple Sclerosis and Cannabis - A Conversation With Clark French

ART

QTE: Clark French

Huffington Post, UK

September 20 2012

The Relaxation of Cannabis Laws Shows the Failure of the War on Drugs

ART

Lisa Sánchez and Steve Rolles

The Guardian, UK

September 16 2012

Cannabis May Help Treat Epilepsy

ART

QTE: Clark French

Readuing Chronicle, UK

September 13 2012

Runcorn drug raids re-spark cannabis debate

ART

qte: Peter Reynolds, CLEAR

Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News, UK

September 8 2012

Drugs Policies are not Working, Believe 75% of MPs

ART

qte: Danny Kushlick, TRANFORM

The Guardian, UK

September 6 2012

Should Cannabis be Legalised?

ART

qte: Peter Reynolds, CLEAR

Huffington Post, US

September 1 2012

There are No Age Limits in a Black Market for Cannabis.

ART

Howard Marks

The Guardian, UK

August 30 2012

Cannabis Use Can Lower Teenage IQs? - It's High Time We Take This Seriously

ART

Jason Reed

HuffPost Lifestyle, UK

August 24 2012

Pot Shot at Home Secretary

ART

Toby Denny

Maidenhead Advertiser, UK

August 23 2012

Comments On the Web

ART

Clark French and various others

The Reading Chronicle, UK

August 23 2012

Cannabis Debate Sets the Agenda

ART

Clark French

The Reading Chronicle, UK

August 19 2012

Cannabis Really is a Medicine That Can Help a Lot of People

ART

Clark French

The Reading Chronicle, UK

August 18 2012

Cannabis 'is my only relief from major pain'

ART

Evelyn Volanté

Jersey Evening post, UK

July 17 2012

A New High at Parliament: Pot Protest on MPs' Doorstep

ART

Peter Reynolds

The Independent

July 12 2012

Peter Reynolds Rants About "The Obnoxious People of Bovingdon"

ART

Peter Reynolds

Watford Observer

April 24 2012

Jail term cut for back pain man who grew own cannabis

ART

Winston Matthews

Get Surrey, UK

April 11 2012

Cannabis crackdown across the North West 'waste of money and police resources', says Manchester activist

ART

Sarah McCulloch

Mancunian Matters, UK

March 26 2012

Pro-cannabis campaigner fails to overturn sentence

ART

Winston Matthews

Get Surrey, UK

Nov 5 2011

Drug activists hit back at bong ban bid

ART

Peter Reynolds

South Wales Evening Post, UK

Oct 20 2011

Cannabis crusader shows support for Halton Lib Dem's regulated market call

ART

Peter Reynolds

Runcorn and Widnes Weekly, UK

Oct 26 2011

I am an Expert on Cannabis

LTE

Peter Reynolds

The Sheffield Star

Oct 17 2011

Sativex Gives a "High"

LTE

Peter Reynolds

The Sun, UK

Sept 28 2011

Cannabis not a dangerous' drug

LTE

Peter Reynolds

The Star, Sheffield, UK

Sept 20 2011

Valid Medical Use for Cannabis

LTE

Alun Buffry

Evening News, Norwich, UK

Sept 16 2011

Facts about pain and cannabis

LTE

Alun Buffry

Lancashire Telegraph, UK

Sept 15 2011

Sarah Martin – Medi. Cannabis Activist UK

ART

Sarah Martin

Cannabis Times Magazine

Sept 13 2011

Cannabis Has Many Uses

LTE

Jack Girling

Evening News, Norwich, UK

Sept 8 2011

Ease Up On Cannabis Laws

LTE

Alun Buffry

Evening News, Norwich, UK

Sept 2 2011

Drugs campaigner 'grew plants for medical purposes' (Winston Matthews)

ART

Winston Matthews

Get Surrey, UK

Aug 30 2011

Growing Cannabis Is Not Anti-Social Behaviou

LTE

Carl Wagner

Hull Daily Mail, UK

Aug 30 2011

Punished – for fighting pain

LTE

Alun Buffry

Lancashire Telegraph, UK

July 26 2011

Law Must be Changed

LTE

Alun Buffry

Liverpool Echo, UK

July 12 2011

The people of Hull deserve to know why

LTE

Carl Wagner

Hull Daily Mail, UK

June 13 2011

No such thing as an illegal drug

LTE

Darryl Blicker

Lancashire Telegraph, UK

June 9 2011

Double jeopardy for teacher

LTE

Alun Buffry

The Bolton News, UK

May 18 2011

It's time to make cannabis legal

LTE

Alun Buffry

Lancashire Telegraph, UK

May 16 2011

Drug comments were 'ill-judged'

LTE

Peter Reynolds

Northants Evening Telegraph, UK

May 11 2011

Cannabis is not linked to psychosis

LTE

Peter Reynolds

Evening Standard, London, UK

May 5 2011

Is taking cannabis dealers to court cost effective?

LTE

Alun Buffry

Peterborugh Evening Telegraph, UK

May 2 2011

Fresh Approach Needed to Drugs

LTE

Alun Buffry

Evening News, Norwich, UK

Feb 13 2011

Cannabis Risks

LTE

Peter Reynolds

Mail on Sunday, UK

 

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