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RELEASE MEDICAL CANNABIS CAMPAIGN


1967 - 2009

DRUGS - THE LAW - HUMAN RIGHTS


ABOUT RELEASE
Our Mission:
RELEASE is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law – providing free and confidential specialist advice to the public and professionals. Release also campaigns for changes to UK drug policy to bring about a fairer and more compassionate legal framework to manage drug use in our society.
Our Vision:
Release believes that the present regime for the regulation of drugs will be regarded by future generations as one of the great policy disasters of the modern period. These arrangements result in far too many abuses of human rights, fail to protect individual and public health, erode respect for the law, undermine democracy and generate corruption. The War on Drugs is in fact a recipe for a society at war with itself, and this is what we find when we examine the state of global drug control.
The present system of drug control is the result of a complex and contingent set of historical factors and policy decisions. At the 2008 meeting of the UN drug control apparatus in Vienna, Antonio Costa—the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and normally a staunch defender of the status quo—publicly admitted that the system was not ‘fit for purpose’.
Release’s vision is for a society in which the age-old human practice of using drugs is viewed as a part of the human condition. Rather than committing ourselves to the fantasy of a drug-free world—something that never has existed and never will—we should accept drugs as part of life, and educate and regulate to restrict their negative effects. Whether this happens through a reinterpretation and reconfiguration of the present structure, or requires a more radical overhauling of institutional and juridical arrangements, remains to be seen.

COMPASSION NOT POLITICS


We campaign on specific issues which this year include:
• Medical Cannabis – access to drug for pain relief for a number of medical conditions
• Drug paraphernalia – legal distribution of all harm reduction equipment
• Drug mules – fairer sentencing guidelines
• Hepatitis C – access to treatment for all
We also campaign on a broad agenda for drug policy reform that includes:
• Greater investment in drugs education
• Fairer sentencing guidelines to prevent unnecessary incarceration of women
• Recognition that drug use is a personal choice and a civil right
• Recognition that the majority of drug use does not warrant interference from the state
• Increased access to support and health care services for problem drug users
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ALL STATEMENTS ON THIS PAGE REFER TO ORGANIC OR 'NATURALLY' GROWN CANNABIS, NOT THE CONTAMINATED SUPPLIES THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE IN THE UK TODAY.

• Did you know that organic cannabis is an anti-emetic, a drug that relieves nausea and allows patients to eat and live normally?

• Did you know that organic cannabis can help people with the following diseases/conditions?
-Multiple Sclerosis
-AIDS
-Glaucoma
-Epilepsy
-Arthritis
-Alzheimer's disease
-Parkinson's disease
-Chronic pain, including 'Phantom Limb Syndrome'
-Sickness caused by Chemotherapy and Interferon treatment
-Post-operative pain
-Inflammatory illnesses
-Cancer
-Morning sickness
-Migraines
-Stroke
-Depression
-Muscular Dystrophy
-Spinal cord injury or disease
-Insomnia
-Menopause

• Did you know that organic Cannabis has less serious side effects and is less addictive than Alcohol, Nicotine or Caffeine?

• Did you know that organic Cannabis is one of – if not the – least toxic drugs? Alcohol is one of the most toxic drugs, and using just 10 times what one would use to get the desired effect can lead to death. There has never been a recorded case of cannabis overdose.

• Did you know that studies have found that alcohol use contributes to the likelihood of domestic violence and sexual assault and cannabis use does not?Cannabis use actually reduces the likelihood of violent behavior.
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• Did you know that since 1996, twelve states in the USA have legalized medical marijuana use?
Alaska, California (see the LA Directory ), Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Colorado.....

• Do you believe that patients should not be arrested and prosecuted simply for using a substance that relieves their pain and suffering?

• Do you think that science and compassion, not politics, should inform government's drug policy?

• Did you know that the workings of prohibition have managed to create the economic circumstances which have lead to the mass contamination of cannabis supplies in the UK?

• Do you think human rights apply to drug users?

• Do you believe that a better system for managing drugs and drug use could be found?

• Do you want the laws to change in this country?

• Do you want to be kept informed about all issues relating to drugs?

Then join us and Become a member of Release .

VIDEOS

Medical Pot treats ADD

THE TUTOR

THE TUTOR shows a patient's view of the medical marijuana controversy. Facing a debilitating disease with an often more debilitating treatment cycle, patients must turn to unconventional methods to alleviate their symptoms.

Concerned about his mother's health and lack of appetite, her son convinces his best friend to assist her in taking advantage of the benefits of medical cannibis as unofficially advised by her physician. Mrs. S's hero comes in the form of a pot-smoking teenager, the tutor.

The Tutor, Matthew Lund, 2005.

For better quality video View The Tutor on the IMDB

For more info about The Tutor go to: www.thetutorfilm.com

QUOTES


" Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."
Terence McKenna

My Blog

VIRTUALLY LEGAL

In many countries, full jails, stretched budgets and a general weariness with the war on drugs have made prohibition harder to enforce.The Green Relief natural health clinic in a bohemian part of Sa...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:45:00 GMT

Cannabis Cafe opens in Portland

Oregon opened another chapter in U.S. marijuana history when at 4:20 p.m. Friday, about three dozen people christened the nation's first cafe for licensed residents to sit down, sip coffee and smoke m...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:24:00 GMT

Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group

The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods.The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:35:00 GMT

Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town

They flock to Hayfork to bask in the sunny, cool climate and the permissive rules on medical pot farming and possession. This hardscrabble Northern California town has become a hotbed for medical mari...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT

SUPPORT PROFF DAVID NUTT ON FACEBOOK

Professor David Nutt, the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has been sacked. The council is an independent body that is supposed to advise the government on the application of the m...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:00 GMT

Medical Cannabis for treatment of ADD

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann interviews a bold and honest physician/pediatrician from the University of Southern California who explains how medical cannabis can be used to treat ADD in children.View inter...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:59:00 GMT

Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

New research shows here seems to be something in pot that actually undermines cancer, instead of causing it. -- and the media are doing their best to ignore it.This article Fred Gardner, editor of the...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:53:00 GMT

MARIJUANA'S NEW HIGH LIFE

Cannabis is moving into the mainstream, with fashion, films, TV and politicians acknowledging it's here to stay.In June, an estimated 25,000 people attended the inaugural THC Expo hemp and art show in...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:18:00 GMT

THE SNIFFER DOG TRIALS

Using sniffer dogs to identify people carrying drugs is wrong in principle and ineffective in practice  and we'll prove it in court.Release is taking legal action against the British Transport Police...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Florida's Marijuana Boom: House-Grown, and Potent

California may be the center of the marijuana trade and the controversies over its legalization. But Florida has surpassed it in one important category: the Sunshine State is now the country's leader ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:58:00 GMT