“The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.” That is the finding of The Global Commission on Drug Policy – whose 19 members include former presidents, humanitarians, as well as previous UN secretary general Kofi Annan and Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson – in a...
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Three men who were outcasts in their time are being honoured as the icons they are today. William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac – the leaders of the Beat Generation – are each the subject of a film recently, or soon to be, released. The Beat Generation was a group of friends...
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Britain’s drugs classifications and penalties are arbitrary and unlawful, according to a forthcoming High Court challenge. A London man has been granted leave to appeal to the High Court for permission to judicially review the decision to try him for the production of cannabis. Medical-marijuana user Edwin Stratton claims the Government’s criminalisation of cannabis...
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If there’s one man who has done more for politics through music than Bono and Rage Against The Machine; more to promote the use of marijuana than Cypress Hill and Woody Harrelson; one man who has had more of an impact on what has come since, than many others – it’s Bob Marley. Born...
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