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Comment on Wonder drug: is the UK ready for the green rush of medicinal cannabis?

li10@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m surprised there isn’t more of a general legalization push in the UK, I guess it’s in part because nobody actually cares.

I smell weed pretty much every time I leave the house. The police don’t seem to give a shit, and I see people smoking it outside all the time.

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theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Whilst this is very true I wish I could easily buy it from a shop with guaranteed quality and some tax money maybe put back into help the farce that is this country right now rather than having to constantly meet up with dodgy cunts with varied quality.

Not that I really believe the tax money wouldn’t be funneled into some cunts pocket instead but I can dream, right?

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The UK is one of the world’s biggest growers of medicinal cannabis. 2017 ICNB report ,page 44

There seems to be a lot of interest from large companies in not allowing smaller cultivators.
And the government sacking David Nutt didn’t help either.

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- Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And all of that was by one company. The government wouldn’t grant a license to anyone else. You can see why it hasn’t been legalised, it’s more profitable to them if they have a monopoly.
  
  They’ve since granted 2 more licenses, one of which is out in Jersey, both are no doubt tied to politicians.
  
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  - thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    British Sugar had the only license to grow medicinal cannabis, at their location in Wissington, Norfolk for quite a few years.
    
    It is of course entirely coincidental that British Sugar’s MD, Paul Kenward, is married to Victoria Atkins, an MP and government minister.
    
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    Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    British Sugar never had a license to grow cannabis, they have a license to produce cannabis products - all the cannabis was grown by GW Pharmaceutical, who were the only license holder for growing until a couple years ago.
    
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- _xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  probably because they know how easy it is to grow and it would undermine their potential profits.
  
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