Since september 2007, 1219 people have signed the petiton “For a Healthy Option: Cannabis Social Clubs”, launched by the UK Legalise Cannabis Alliance. On 26 February 2008, the UK Government responded as follows:
WHERE IS MY PRIVATE LIFE?
Press Release from The Legalise Cannabis Alliance:
February 13 2008
7-8-9 MARCH 2008: DRUG PEACE MARCH IN VIENNA
ENCOD invites the representatives of the media to a Press Conference with some organisers and speakers of the conference in Cafe Landmann, Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 4, 1010 Vienna
Time: Friday 7 March – 11.00 hs
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
On January 31st, 2008, the European Parliaments Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) discussed the draft report of Giusto Catania MEP on European Commission”s Green Paper the role of Civil Society in Drugs Policy in the European Union, the basis of the Civil Society Forum that was set up in 2007.
The final report is now available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Dutch)
UK: RE-CRIMINALISING THE PLANT
Source: Legalise Cannabis Alliance
January 30 2008
BE: ANTWERP DISTRICT ATTORNEY FORCES CANNABIS CONSUMERS INTO CRIMINALITY
Normally, today, January 24th, there would have been held a courtcase in appeal that the association Trekt Uw Plant/Draw Up Your Plant and 5 of its members have initiated against the verdict against them of April 25th 2007. But due to urgent matters the Court of Appeal has decided to postpone the case until Thursday June 12th, 2008, at 10 AM.
THC vs Alzheimer’s
Source: Press Release of the Scripps Research Institute
Marijuana’s Active Ingredient Shown to Inhibit Primary Marker of Alzheimer’s Disease
Discovery Could Lead to More Effective Treatments