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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by GordonS on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:59AM (#17399785)
The situation in the UK with regards to cannabis is ridiculous - politicians and hate-spewing rags such as the Daily Mail have people believing all sorts of falsehoods that harm campaigns for legality. The nonsensical reclassification of cannabis as a class B drug - despite expert recommendations - has also done a lot of harm.

There are some recent signs that expensive, synthetic cannabinoid-based drugs may get licensed here for an extremely limited set of medical circumstances, but I can't see British politicians going any further than that within my lifetime. The pace of change with regards to drug policy is maddeningly slow.

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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by shawabawa3 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @08:43AM (#17400081)
I often think about what would have happened if the Lib Dems didn't commit political suicide by going back on their single biggest campaign promise (by tripling tuition fees)

They're pro-legalisation, and if they still had 60+ seats in parliament they could be making real progress towards at least decriminalisation (probably under a labour coalition)

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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by merinowool on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @03:28PM (#17403360)
They are not pro-legalisation. They had a drug minister who did nothing to ease prohibition. I don't believe anything they say, they have lost any credibility they had.
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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by shawabawa3 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:50PM (#17404271)
They may have no credibility, but they are officially pro-legalisation
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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by merinowool on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @03:26PM (#17403350)
After re-classification as class B it is worth mentioning that the press engaged in a smear campaign against the scientists, to make sure no scientist will ever dare to recommend something like decriminalisation.
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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by DanBC on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @03:31PM (#17403380)
The question pro-legalisers have to address is the very clear evidence we now have that cannabis use causes psychosis in some users.

Every time people say "It doesn't" that sets back legalisation another 5 years.

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Re:FDA approves first marijuana-derived drug and it may spar... by amdavidson on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:05PM (#17403594)
Link? Everything I've read cannot prove causality, just correlation.

It's very hard to prove causality, especially when marijuana's scheduling does not allow for proper scientific research.

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