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Three more scientists on the UK govts drugs advisory panel resign - there soon wont be any left! http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/D...Misuse_Of_Drugs

Hey guys, came across this article, its really good as it has a positive approach to pot and pot users. source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world...x-1225793333588

WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- New research out of Spain suggests that THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- appears to prompt the death of brain cancer cells. The finding is based on work with mice designed to carry human cancer tumors, as well as from an analysis of THC's impact on tumor cells extracted from two patients coping with a highly aggressive form of brain cancer. Explaining that the introduction of THC into the brain triggers a cellular self-digestion process known as "autophagy," study co-author Guillermo Velasco said his team has isolated the specific pathway by which this process unfolds, and noted that it appears "to kill cancer cells, …

I really thought this tactic was over but no... Searching for my assignment I've seen this ad shoved in my face: http://www.drugfreeworld.org/publications/.../videos/gateway Anyone else notice all these propaganda ads everywhere on the internet all of a sudden?

yumasun.com 24 December 2008 Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Terry Goddard said he might be willing to consider legalizing marijuana if a way can be found to control its distribution - and figure out who has been smoking it. Goddard said marijuana sales make up 75 percent of the money that Mexican cartels use for the other operations, including smuggling other drugs and fighting the army and police in that country. He said that makes fighting drug distribution here important to cut off that cash. He acknowledged those profits could be slashed if possession of marijuana were not a crime in Arizona. But Goddard said a number of …

This was one interesting fact if you've been following what's happening in the UK. The latest figures, which date from before the government's decision to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug, show this has now fallen to 29%. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov...cline-teenagers

ABC Radio's the World Today included a big feature on the UK drug advisor soap: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/04/2733285.htm They included a brilliant interview with Prof David Nutt, hopefully the full audio and transcript will be available on the ABC site.

Further news from Sky UK, scientist sacking leads to new push for decriminalisation: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/...criminalisation And this from Channel 4 News UK, I just love the headline! THE DRUGS ADVISER DON'T WORK The row about the sacking of the Home Office drugs adviser continues, though quite where it will be hard to tell until seven. Nutt - 'Scientists know the facts': http://bit.ly/ZQvI3 Blog - On drugs policy, crime is the element in the room: http://bit.ly/3GJ0U0

The fall-out from Prof Nutts sacking continues as more drugs/science advisors to UK govt resign in support. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8336884.stm

Theres a major storm brewing in the UK - yesterday the govt sacked their science advisor (employed to advise the govt on drug use) after he stated that alcohol and tobacco posed a bigger public health risk than cannabis, ecstasy and acid. He had previously debunked the theory that using weed caused mental illness. Seems to me that the UK govt are turning into a bit of a right-wing American type govt, rejecting science in favour of their own chosen moral stance. This story is all over UK, just ask Aunty Google for further references - the sacked advisor is Professor David Nutt. Heres the story as it broke on the UKs Channel 4 News: GOVERNMENT DRUGS ADVISER ASKED TO RESIGN …

So the UK govt sacks their govt advisor whilst over in America Denver is voting to legalize weed for adult use: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/30/b...e_n_340634.html