Peter Reynolds is a writer, proud Welshman, president of CLEAR, liberal, almost libertarian and expert in the science, medicine, law and politics of cannabis.
'100 Years of Bad Drugs Policy'. The root cause of most crime and violence is criminal drugs markets caused by the foolish policy of prohibition. Publication 2025.
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#prohibition
@SuellaBraverman
@DouglasKMurray
The massive peace march was exemplary in its conduct. A few people expressed opinions which went too far but the number was insignificant. There was violence and thuggery from hard right groups inflamed by
@SuellaBraverman
and right wing commentators. These are the facts.
@jk_rowling
@mrjamesob
No, that is just stupid and inflammatory. Legitimate political campaigning is not radicalisation. You've stepped over the line there.
@SkyNews
A very useful diversion from the ICJ ruling isn't it? As well as Israel, the USA and UK have been humiliated by the judgment of this respected international court. Very convenient deceit to focus on 11 rogue employees out of a total UN workforce of 30,000 in Gaza.
#StopIsrael
@Lowkey0nline
Fundraising for Israeli soldiers should be dealt with like fundraising for ISIS. UK would be a safer place with
@DouglasKMurray
behind bars
BREAKING. SLOVENIA is latest EU country to legalise
#cannabis
. Referendum approves cultivation for medical use as well as personal possession and cultivation.
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@Hannah_Deacon40
@MattHancock
@imacelebrity
I'm sad to say, Hannah, that your experience doesn't surprise me. After 40 years of dealing with MPs there are a few that are worthy of respect but the vast majority are entirely self-serving. Our political system is completely broken. It bakes in lies and deceit.
@SuellaBraverman
Don't come back. Stay there with your fascist friends. No one wants you in Britain. You are a perfect fit with the war criminal, apartheid Israeli state.
@hzomlot
@BBCNews
As long ago as 1942, Britain was issuing visas for travel to Palestine, recognising it as a political and geographical entity. It's a fraud to pretend that Palestine is not a state. A fraud in which the British government is the prime culprit.
STUDY. Detection of THC in drivers is not associated with impairment. While no one should drive while impaired in any way, thousands of innocent drivers have suffered monstrous injustice and lost their licences under this bad law.
#cannabis
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@BBCWorld
This is a terrorist attack on Lebanon, undoubtedly at the hands of the war criminal state of Israel. If Biden, Starmer and other Western leaders fail to stand against this then they choose to be complicit. They must be held to account.
What you should do if you smell
#cannabis
coming from your neighbours home? Don't waste police time. Don't cause stress and harm. Don't create animosity in your community. Just leave your neighbours alone.
GERMANY.
#Cannabis
is not a narcotic product anymore. We will no longer be the black sheep of the community. We will be just like the people who use alcohol, or use chocolate, or coffee or tea.
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@David_Cameron
What about the tens of thousands murdered by Israel? No politician who has stood behind Israel will ever have my respect again. Neither
@Conservatives
nor
@UKLabour
will ever be my government again. They are corrupt and complicit in war crimes.
@davidyelland
The
@telegraph
and
@DailyMailUK
together are a deep seated infection in British society that are every bit as irresponsible as the far right thugs creating mayhem on our streets. These so-called 'journalists' are hatemongers, more dangerous than a yob throwing a brick.
@BBCNews
Incredible that the
@GMPolice
officer who kicked and stamped on a man's head was authorised for firearms. Anyone with so little self-control shouldn't be anywhere near a weapon. Now he has to go to prison. Nothing less will do.
STUDY. People that had recently used
#cannabis
showed higher levels of pro-social behaviours, and higher measurements of empathy as well as what researchers refer to as 'moral foundations'.
#drugspolicy
Bloomberg Intelligence says
#cannabis
legalisation is a “significant threat” to the alcohol industry. Big Booze's paid-for politicians are the main obstacle to reform. They are terrified that cannabis is 100 times safer than alcohol.
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@AllisonPearson
100,000 plus marching for peace every weekend with just a handful of arrests and police confirming the vast majority are peaceful and you deplore this wonderful example of democracy? What’s the matter with you,
@AllisonPearson
? How did you lose your way like this?
@TzipiHotovely
@RoyalAirForce
If the
@RoyalAirForce
was fulfilling its moral and legal duty, it would also be protecting civilians in Gaza against attack by the
@IDF
. UK is legally obliged to act to prevent war crimes.
@CPhilpOfficial
Wrong. Under international law, treaties to which UK is a signatory and which supersede UK law, if someone is seeking asylum there is no such thing as illegal entry. Increasingly common is illegal action by the UK govt. You can't be trusted. You are the worst govt of my 65 years.
@DerbyChrisW
It was scandalous the way
@BBCNews
tried to shut you down, particularly in view of the ICJ ruling. This is the sort of media misconduct that
@Ofcom
needs to address.
@newswatchbbc
GOOD NEWS! Patrick Moore, of Limerick, Ireland, who was sentenced to five years in prison for providing
#cannabis
oil to the sick and dying, has today been released early after serving 18 months.
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GERMANY is the third country in Europe to legalise
#cannabis
for personal use. It is removed from the official list of banned substances. From April, adults can possess 50g at one time at home, and 25g in public.
CZECHIA is on the cusp of the full legalisation of
#cannabis
, potentially unlocking significant social and economic benefits.
#Regulation
would fight crime, ensure safer, quality products and $2.4bn pa in new tax revenue.
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GERMANY's legalisation model now serves as the blueprint for
#cannabis
in Europe, a set of policies that can withstand scrutiny from the EU. The model creates huge opportunities particularly in home cultivation and personal accessory sectors.
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GERMANY. Suppliers of gardening equipment, fertiliser, grow lamps, hydroponic equipment and seeds are seeing a huge surge in demand after decriminalisation of grow-your-own
#cannabis
.
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@Keir_Starmer
Too late, you Zionist apologist. You already have the blood of thousands of Palestinians on your hands. You're unfit to run a tap let alone the UK.
STUDY. Cannabis is not a cause of schizophrenia, says biggest study yet. Data from 180,000 subjects show
#cannabis
is more likely to be taken by schizophrenics trying to self-medicate than to cause the disorder.
#EndOurPain
#drugspolicy
The continuing, extraordinary misinformation from our government, the media and the medical establishment. It's been going on so long, anyone would think it was deliberate...
#cannabis
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GERMANY. Final obstacles overcome. The new law on
#cannabis
has passed. From 1st April possession of up to 50 grams and cultivation of three plants will be decriminalised.
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@oletwinofficial
@ShippersUnbound
@christopherhope
I know this man very well. He's my MP and I have met with on numerous occasions. He does not represent me or his constituency. He is a machiavellian chancer with an enormous, over-inflated opinion of himself and he is the lead saboteur of UK democracy.
@oletwinofficial
#Brexit
@DanaErlich
Hamas didn't begin the war. Its terrorist attack of 7/10 was fighting back against 75 years of violent Israeli occupation, oppression, land theft and apartheid. It was an atrocity but we've had 120 days of Israeli atrocities since.
@ICJPalestine
UK politicians and officials must be prosecuted for their part in this. I will help to fund this. So should all Britons of good conscience
@VictoriaAtkins
@Conservatives
Too late. Too little. You've had my vote for 45 years but you never will again. The
@Conservatives
Party is a disgrace to Britain and it has brought great shame on the British people. Your senior people are repellent and out-of-touch. The party should be dissolved.
@AdamBienkov
Shocking bias on
#BBCLaurak
but
@BBCNews
always deflects such complaints by saying 'look at the website'. This is nonsense, of course. What matters is who
@BBCNews
gives a platform to on its flagship show and therefore its headlines.
@GideonFalter
@metpoliceuk
If you were wearing a Spurs shirt about to cross a throng of Arsenal fans and a copper suggested for your own safety not to, he'd be doing his job. Another invention and fraud for pro-Israel propaganda. The deviousness of your cause knows no bounds.
#StopIsrael
#FreePalestine
Decriminalisation of personal drug possession in Portugal did not result in any increase in drug use or in drug trafficking, a senior Portuguese police officer has told the Oireachtas Committee on Drugs.
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@tomhfh
It's a statement of fact, Tom. Do you even understand what antisemitism means? Shouldn't you still be in school? Perhaps you might learn something if you stop playing truant.
@JuliaHB1
The violent racists who are on the streets today and causing trouble around the Cenotaph are bearing St George’s flags and shouting “England till I die”. Friends of yours
@JuliaHB1
?
My postal vote. I voted Conservative last time and I was betrayed.
@EdwardMorelloWD
can win this seat and a vote for
@LibDems
is the wisest choice. The
@Conservatives
Party should be dissolved to allow new, coherent alternatives to form
The Scandalous Paradox of Alcohol and Cannabis Laws in the UK. Why is a mostly harmful substance like alcohol legal and celebrated, while a mostly beneficial one like
#cannabis
is criminalised?
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STUDY. Imaging data looked at the effects of alcohol and
#cannabis
, on the brain. Alcohol was shown to produce long-term changes to the structure of the brain while cannabis had no significant long-term effects.
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USA.
@GovTimWalz
: "Prohibiting
#cannabis
hasn’t worked. By legalizing adult-use we’re expanding our economy, creating jobs and regulating the industry to keep people safe. Expunging cannabis convictions will strengthen communities."
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STUDY. Legalisation of
#cannabis
leads to reductions in crime, traffic fatalities, suicides, mental illness, alcohol and tobacco consumption. Large reduction in hospital admissions for alcohol and no increase in underage cannabis use.
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FRANCE. A medicinal
#cannabis
trial has had “overwhelmingly positive” results for 60% of patients who could not relieve their pain using conventional forms of care. It should be widely available for prescription next year.
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This morning I visited Patrick Moore in Limerick Prison where the Irish state has sent him for five years for supplying medicinal
#cannabis
oil to the sick and dying. He sends his regards to all fighting for justice and freedom.
#CADrugsUse
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It wasn't
#cannabis
! This is a 100% fake story but it's the sort of rubbish that the British press publishes everyday. It was a highly toxic synthetic cannabinoid disguise as cannabis.
#Prohibition
kills. Control and regulate drugs markets to reduce harm.
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@SaulStaniforth
Yes,
@miriam_cates
, Israel must face boycotts, an arms embargo, prosecutions, sanctions and more. UK is already complicit in war crimes. You are an apologist for genocide. You betray British values and you should be put on trial as a traitor. Shame on you.
@SkyNews
@GideonFalter
@KayBurley
@GideonFalter
is an agent provocateur, deliberately and with malice aforethought trying to create conflict with the police for Israeli propaganda purposes. The correct outcome is that he should be charged with wasting police time.
@montie
Israel is engaged in genocide. All licences for arms sales should have been cancelled before end 2023. The disgrace is that any responsible voice should be raised to support this war criminal state.
GERMANY. A nation state of 83 million people has at last made the move that will roll back
#prohibition
, undermine organised crime, reduce harm and restore some degree of precious liberty to its people.
#cannabis
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@Nigel_Farage
They are not terrorists. They are engaged in legitimate self-defence since 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly evicted from their own land in 1948 in order to create the state of Israel.
GERMANY’s move will influence the rest of the world, particularly the EU. There will be decriminalisation in the near future. But in Britain, I am not optimistic. For our MPs being ‘tough on drugs’ trumps evidence and common sense.
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@JamesCleverly
Israel was created in 1948 by the forced expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians from their own land - a war crime. From that moment on, all actions of the Palestinians have been in self-defence.
@NileGardiner
@metpoliceuk
If you were wearing a Spurs shirt about to cross a throng of Arsenal fans and a copper suggested for your own safety not to, he'd be doing his job. Another invention and fraud for pro-Israel propaganda.
STUDY. There was no relationship between THC concentrations measured in blood, saliva or breath and driving performance. Current methods of testing for
#cannabis
-impaired driving do not work and cause many injustices.
Common sense from the older generation on
#cannabis
. Here's a man who sees the truth far more clearly than any of those fools in Westminster. How did we end up with 650 muppets when there are so many clever people in Britain?
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CANADA. Matching findings in US states that have legalised
#cannabis
, a new study finds no association between legalisation and an increase in psychotic disorders. Science is now regularly debunking this longstanding myth.
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NETHERLANDS. The long-awaited controlled
#cannabis
supply chain has now been running for over a month. Around 80 coffeeshops now sell legally cultivated cannabis for the first time.
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@SaulStaniforth
The Labour Party's 'antisemitism' stitch-up was corrupt, dishonest and just designed to shore up
@Keir_Starmer
who is now supporting genocide in Gaza. The lesson should be that
@UKLabour
are no better than
@Conservatives
. They are all the same, useless and self-serving.
#Cannabis
is not a cause of schizophrenia, says biggest study yet. Data from 180,000 subjects show cannabis is more likely to be taken by schizophrenics trying to self-medicate than to cause the disorder
#EndOurPain
#drugspolicy
STUDY. People that had recently used
#cannabis
showed higher levels of pro-social behaviors, higher measurements of empathy, stronger moral foundations and ability to justify what is right and what is wrong.
#drugspolicy
@SuellaBraverman
Yes agreed and authoritarian, xenophobic, neo-fascists like you are the problem. Your sort are the reason why after 45 years of support, the
@Conservatives
will never get my vote again. The whole country relies on Fareham to throw you out!
IRELAND. Data show criminalisation of personal possession of drugs is simply not working and it is also producing incredible violence and corruption.
#drugspolicy
#cannabis
Dublin is packed with drug consumption rooms for the most dangerous drug of all. They're called pubs. They are where violence and crime ferments. Regulating and providing
#cannabis
cafes would make Dublin safer and much more pleasant.
The spectre of stoned youth isn’t the only argument against
#cannabis
to fall flat. It hasn’t been a gateway drug to opioids, hasn’t reduced traffic safety, hasn’t increased violent crime. It hasn’t led to a surge in psychosis.
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@Lowkey0nline
@DouglasKMurray
is fully complicit in Israeli war crimes and he will eventually find himself facing such charges. However long it takes, wherever they may hide, war criminals must be brought to justice.
Could it be anything to do with legal
#cannabis
? The alcohol industry is terrified of a safer, healthier alternative to its very dangerous
#drugs
. This is why it funds
#prohibition
and anti-cannabis 'research'.
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