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Oct 30, 2009 3:13 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
The uk's chief drugs adviser was today sacked after
criticising the government's policies on cannabis.

The UK's chief drugs adviser has been sacked by home secretary Alan Johnson after he criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C.

It seems the government are not in favour of good scientific
evidence getting in the way of their policy making.

I'm sure his replacement will be well chosen.



sigh
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Oct 30, 2009 4:18 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
Laura25
Laura25Laura25Somewhere, New York USA50 Threads 6 Polls 8,178 Posts
bodleing: The uk's chief drugs adviser was today sacked after
criticising the government's policies on cannabis.

The UK's chief drugs adviser has been sacked by home secretary Alan Johnson after he criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C.

It seems the government are not in favour of good scientific
evidence getting in the way of their policy making.

I'm sure his replacement will be well chosen.


I wouldn't be so sure if I were you....

They all are nothing more than marionettes.

"The replacement" will do as he's told dunno
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Oct 30, 2009 4:31 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
bodleing: The uk's chief drugs adviser was today sacked after
criticising the government's policies on cannabis.

The UK's chief drugs adviser has been sacked by home secretary Alan Johnson after he criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C.

It seems the government are not in favour of good scientific
evidence getting in the way of their policy making.

I'm sure his replacement will be well chosen.



I wonder if he has a right of appeal conversing
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Oct 30, 2009 4:32 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
goodfriend
goodfriendgoodfriendglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK2 Threads 2,573 Posts
Im afraid that the yes folks are everywhere and when a person disagrees then they become the enemy,jeez what happened to freedom of speech without having to lose you're job,the country is going bonkers with a government that thinks they know better..bouquet
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Oct 30, 2009 4:34 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
bodleing: The uk's chief drugs adviser was today sacked after
criticising the government's policies on cannabis.

The UK's chief drugs adviser has been sacked by home secretary Alan Johnson after he criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C.

It seems the government are not in favour of good scientific
evidence getting in the way of their policy making.

I'm sure his replacement will be well chosen.





A maximum of 5years for Possession!
Are they stupid?
That's what it used to be here in the Mid-sixties!doh


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Oct 30, 2009 4:38 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
goodfriend: Im afraid that the yes folks are everywhere and when a person disagrees then they become the enemy,jeez what happened to freedom of speech without having to lose you're job,the country is going bonkers with a government that thinks they know better..


Keeping it illegal keeps lots of lawyers and barristers in work - the out of work ones are politicians - all cut from the same cloth dunno
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Oct 30, 2009 4:40 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
goodfriend
goodfriendgoodfriendglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK2 Threads 2,573 Posts
trish123: Keeping it illegal keeps lots of lawyers and barristers in work - the out of work ones are politicians - all cut from the same cloth



It seems to me Trish that they all look out for one another and then rob us of our hard earned money to fund things we struggle to pay...rant over...grin
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Oct 30, 2009 6:21 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
Conrad73: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs/drugs-law/cannabis-reclassification/A maximum of 5years for Possession!
Are they stupid?
That's what it used to be here in the Mid-sixties!


And that certainly doesnt fit with what the Chair of the Advisory Council on Drug Misuse Professor David Nutt has been saying.

Such as,

Cannabis should be reclassified as a class c drug.
Cannabis and ecstasy are no more dangerous than riding a horse.
The use of cannabis does not cause schizophrenia.
Cannabis, ecstacy and lsd are less harmful than tobacco and
alcohol.
Parents should be more concerned about their teenage children
drinking alcohol than taking cannabis.

Some may agree...some may say he is aptly named.grin
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Nov 1, 2009 1:50 PM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
trish123: I wonder if he has a right of appeal


He may not have the right of appeal but other scientists are backing him by resigning from their jobs themselves in support of him peace
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Nov 2, 2009 5:12 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
Lee464
Lee464Lee464Surin, Northeastern Thailand Thailand4 Threads 1 Polls 397 Posts
Increase the risk...increase the price...the rich get richer...
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Nov 2, 2009 5:19 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
bettyboop63
bettyboop63bettyboop63glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK61 Threads 2,036 Posts
trish123: He may not have the right of appeal but other scientists are backing him by resigning from their jobs themselves in support of him


morning trish...wave ....im in support of him....applause
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Nov 2, 2009 5:28 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
rizlaredonline today!
rizlaredonline today!rizlaredNot in Cebu City, Central Visayas Philippines89 Threads 2 Polls 5,588 Posts
The whole mess is due to an inept PM who is frightened that if cannabis is less harmful than tobacco, that means he would have to ban sales on Cigarettes and lose the tax income of about 4 pounds per pack.
He needs this tax to finance wars
Just think how much better the world would be if we all smoked reefers and stopped all the fighting applause
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Nov 2, 2009 5:31 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
bettyboop63
bettyboop63bettyboop63glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK61 Threads 2,036 Posts
rizlared: The whole mess is due to an inept PM who is frightened that if cannabis is less harmful than tobacco, that means he would have to ban sales on Cigarettes and lose the tax income of about 4 pounds per pack.
He needs this tax to finance wars
Just think how much better the world would be if we all smoked reefers and stopped all the fighting


I smoke wether they tell me to or not its my choice Ive been fined for posession but it wont stop me its my choice to puff...applause
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Nov 2, 2009 5:38 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
rizlaredonline today!
rizlaredonline today!rizlaredNot in Cebu City, Central Visayas Philippines89 Threads 2 Polls 5,588 Posts
bettyboop63: I smoke wether they tell me to or not its my choice Ive been fined for posession but it wont stop me its my choice to puff...

I have a great friend in Devon who suffers from MS, the only way to kill the pain is with cannabis, he has now been threatened with imprisonment if caught again, what a farce!!!!
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Nov 2, 2009 5:39 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
rizlaredonline today!
rizlaredonline today!rizlaredNot in Cebu City, Central Visayas Philippines89 Threads 2 Polls 5,588 Posts
bettyboop63: I smoke wether they tell me to or not its my choice Ive been fined for posession but it wont stop me its my choice to puff...

I have a great friend in Devon who suffers from MS, the only way to kill the pain is with cannabis, he has now been threatened with imprisonment if caught again, what a farce!!!!
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Nov 2, 2009 9:13 AM CST How dare you tell the truth...You're fired!!!
My 90yo Ma thinks it ought to be a personal Choice,especially if someone suffers from Chronic Pain.conversing
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