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Will we ever grow the best weed in the UK?

Cannabis has been cultivated, utilised and selectively bred by humans for thousands of years.

It is in the past few decades, however, that we have perhaps achieved the most, learning about the specific nature of cannabis and its chemical and anatomical structure, what makes it up Terpenes, Cannabinoids, Flavonoids etc and about the endocannabinoids system itself, which is something all mammals have - and indeed need - to regulate their health.

Its time to come out of the cannabis closet

This week we're discussing Green Pride. No, not Brighton Cannabis club’s premier event, which takes place in Preston Park, every July, attracting thousands of cannabis consumers and enthusiasts.

Green Pride 2017
Green Pride, July 2017
Instead, I mean the pride we as cannabis consumers should all take in our favourite plant, in ourselves and in our community.

Fascism Loves Prohibition

This week in my post-prohibition series we’ll be highlighting the link between Fascist ideology and Prohibition. We’ll be exploring how the war on drugs and prohibition perpetuates classism, racism and…

The Politics of Cannabis Prohibition

This week we're looking at the politics behind prohibition and what it is going to take to change the political landscape of this country and get British politicians on board with the rest of the world when it comes to cannabis policy and law reform.

Firstly let's take a brief look at how prohibition has evolved on both sides of the Atlantic and how these policies have detrimentally affected everyone on the planet.

Challenges we face in the fight for cannabis legalisation

The UK cannabis activism scene is in a lot of ways going from strength to strength, with a growing number of active cannabis clubs, positive press, numerous events and projects all being run across the UK, plus many emerging collectives and communities as well. However, in other ways, it is in a state of distress.

As many of you will be aware there are around a hundred or so cannabis social clubs in the UK with many of them being associated with the UKCSC (United Kingdom Cannabis Social Clubs) a nationwide organisation founded in 2011 to help grow a community and network of clubs and activists to further the UK’s fight for the reform of cannabis laws.

Cannabidiol CBD in the UK

There is a lot of info online about CBD in the UK, most of it coming from CBD companies providing a variety of products to consumers. Because of this, it…