Is Growing Cannabis Legal in the UK?
Is Growing Cannabis Legal in the UK?
http://www.addictionsuk.com – Simon Stephens, Director of Case Work at AddictionsUK.com, speaks to BBC News about Cannabis use in the UK and whether policing measures should be reviewed.
In a completely capitalist driven society such as the UK many people are forced to work pointless jobs that just don’t even need doing because they have to to continue to feed the machine. This is depressing and unnatural, it is no surprise people in the UK turn to drugs. Life is shit for many people and there really is no way out.
Am a cannabis smoker been smoking it for 15 years now and the reason why I smoke cannabis is the last 15 years of my life I have been in a lot of car accidents and I get pain in my feet an nees and it helps me am sick of takin pain killers like cocodamol and paracetamol am sick of giving my money to drug dealers I want to grow at home my own med
Info come from the states saying it has a effect on mental health ,so does most things in life,A job you hate can cause serious Depression,Alcohol causes far more Problems .Time that we was all allowed to grow our own medication,i have gone back to Natural Plants since becoming ill again ,After the stuff i was getting from my doctor was doing more bad than good .I really hope at some point in my life time,i can grow out a pack of high cbd Strains get them tested ,to see whats ,what.With the ratio’s, then once i get the results, use the Plants to make oil .I have been using Oil now for around 7/8 year ,and it has had a great impact on my health,But just a late, i have not been able to afford buying it so my ill has gone down hill again.I’m Hoping on this year the weather been good ,so i can have a few on my back garden ,risk i’m willing to take.I am going back to oil after stopping making it through cost ,smoking it still works,but not many people in my neck of the woods grow cbd strains ,because they do not have value for the smoker who just wants to get stoned.
You need to understand more about most people buy them and do not have
any problems. The things you see are the people who use drugs that are
noticed by everyone. Who have a problem with there life more do to with a
struggle of looking for work and to buy food. So nothing to with drugs.
At all end of story.
ALMOST 2020 AN THIS IS STILL GOING ON IN THE UK, ITS OK FOR THE TORIES MRS MAY’S HUSBAND AND BRITISH SUGAR TOO GROW IT FOR GW PHARMA,BECOME BIGGEST EXPORTERS MAKING MILLIONS ON THE SIDE LINES WHILE NORMAL EVERYDAY WORKING FAMILIES LIFE’S HAVE BEEN RIPPED APART FROM THERE CHILD THAT HAS GOT RARE FORMS EPILEPSY MODERN MEDICINE HAS NO AFFECT ON, HOW ANY BODY CAN LET A CHILD SUFFER OVER AN OUT-DATED PROVEN NOT TOO WORK LAW CREATED BY A PRESIDENT OF AMERICA WHO GOT KICKED OUT FOR ABUSE OF POWERS, YET THIS LAW INVENTED IN THE USA IS STILL IN PLAY, THIS PLANT WAS CURING ILLNESSES THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THIS PLANT IS MEANT TOO HELP OUR OWN BODIES ENDO-CANNABINOID SYSTEM FUNCTION PROPERLY, CB1 AN CB2 RECEPTORS, THERE IS MORE RESEARCH IN CANNABIS THAN THERE IS NOT, ALL ARE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL TOO THE HUMAN BODY, WHEN SOMEONE DEFINES CANNABIS AS SKUNK IS ALREADY MISS INFORMED, DO PPL REALISE THE FLEET THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE SPANISH ARMADA WAS FROM CANNABIS LOL, DID THE EGYPTIANS OR SYRIANS WHO WAS WELL AHEAD OF THERE TIME IN THE THINGS THEY CREATED CALL IT SKUNK, SKUNK IS JUST A STRAIN FROM CANNABIS, SKUNK#1 CROSSED WITH NORTHERN LIGHTS , CREATED THE FIRST HYBRID, YES TOO MAKE IT MORE GENETICALLY POTENT, BUT TOO CREATE A DIFFERENT EFFECT SO SKUNK#1 WAS GROWING BEFORE ALL THE SKUNK STIGMA, I WISH PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND CANNABIS IS IN FACT AMAZING FOR YOUR BODY ITS LIKE ANY THING YOU USE, IF YOU ABUSE IT, IT WILL ABUSE YOU, ITS THE PERSON WHO USES IT NOT THE USE BY THE PERSON, THINK ABOUT IT, PROFESSOR NUT IS A PROFESSOR FOR A REASON, THINK ABOUT THAT ONE, HOW CAN YOU ARGUE AGAINST SOMEBODY WHO FAR MORE INTELLIGENT, THIS UK IS CRAZY, GET THE TORIES OUT AN CANNABIS WILL BE FREED, IMAGINE THE PARTY IN THE UK ON A LEGALISATION DAY, THE GOV WOULD MAKE MILLIONS ON THAT DAY ALONE, DO THE MATHS AN THEN SAY ITS A BAD THING FOR THE UK, PROS OUT WEIGH THE CONS, AN IT GIVES OUR POLICE A LONGER ARM IN THE LAW ACTUALLY FINDING AN ARRESTING THOSE WHO BE HURTING OTHER PEOPLE LIKE MURDERS RAPISTS AN MAJOR CRIMES THAT ARE ACTUALLY CRIMES, I FEEL FOR THE POLICE HAVING TOO ARREST AN SPEND ALL THAT TIME THAT IS WASTED LOCKING SOMEBODY UP FOR A FEW PLANTS THAT IS FOR PERSONAL USE, THAT IS NOT WHAT THE POLICE WAS CREATED FOR BY ROBERT PEEL FOR PEOPLE SIMPLY TRYING TOO HEAL AN MAKE THEM SELVES FEEL BETTER SHOULD NEVER BE A CRIME, EVEN THE POLICE CAN SEE THAT, ITS JUST OUR GOVERNMENT THAT IS IN POWER, THE TORIES IS THE ONES WHO RE CLASSED CANNABIS TOO CLASS B FROM CLASS C, SO THAT SAYS IT ALL TOO ME, LIKE I SAID THE GOV PUTTING SOMEBODY IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TOO ARREST SOMEBODY WHO IS SICK OVER A PLANT THAT SICK PERSON IS USING TOO HELP THEM FEEL BETTER WOULD WEIGH ON ANYBODY’S MIND, LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A KID IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE LAWS NEED CHANGING, JUST LEGALISE CANNABIS, CHANGE THE CANNABIS LAWS, ALL THE OTHER DRUGS CAN STAY AS THEY ARE AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED AS THEY CAN KILL, BUT CANNABIS CANNOT KILL, THE POLICE NEEDS A BREAK WITH THE CANNABIS LAWS, AN I WOULD IMAGINE MOST POLICE OFFICERS WOULD SAY THE SAME THING, THEY WANT THE COUNTY LINE ISSUE, NOT THE PERSONAL CANNABIS USERS, HEROIN AN CRACK IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN COMMUNITIES, LEGALISE CANNABIS THAT WILL SLOW DOWN, NO BODY WILL WANT TOO USE HARD DRUGS IF THEY GOT SOME GRADE A BUD ITS A FACT THAT NEEDS TOO BE PUT INTO PLAY, TOO HELP COMMUNITIES IF NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE AT LEAST, CHANGE THE CANNABIS LAWS LIKE YESTERDAY, SIMPLES…………………
Cannabis doesnt agree with some people just like alcohol i havent had a drink for 20 years because it doesnt agree with me
I’ve been toking since the mid 90’s and no mental health issues here!
I don’t believe cannabis causes mental health issues anyway, I believe that some people are susceptible to having mental health issues and using any psychoactive substance is going to trigger those issues!
These days it’s much easier to get hold of strains with specific qualities so you can find ones that suit you.
Back in the day it was mostly Afghan (squidgy) Black, Moroccan, Gold seal or red seal hashish knocking about but occasionally some weed would come through, nothing like the weed you get nowadays. This stuff was undoubtedly grown on mass in fields in Africa etc with male and female plants all in together so the weed ends up having a shed load of seeds in it and they were never trimmed up and harvested well so you got loads of sticks and stems! Pretty garbage that stuff tbh… now and again you could get Thai Sticks which were probably the best quality of weed in those days… oh and going back to hashish sometimes all you could get was soapbar which was pretty weak compared to the premium hash and full of bits of plastic etc.
In those days it was definitely a hashish dominant market presumably because it was easier to smuggle into the UK and tbh I really miss some of those top of the range hash deals, beautiful stuff with an intoxicating spicy aroma not unlike incense.
Some were mellow, others heavier… I seem to recall the black being the strongest.
I don’t smoke a great deal these days, just a couple of spliffs a month averagely and I smoke it these days mainly to help with arthritic pain relief but occasionally to relax in the evening and other times socially with a friend or two, great conversation, excellent music and decent herb with your friends in a chilled out environment… where’s the harm in that?
Our country drinks and uses more drugs because in comparison to other countries ours in like nazi bloody Germany! Growing your weed plants for PERSONAL SELF MEDICINE is illegal, even SMOKING or EATING cannabis for PERSONAL SELF MEDICINAL REASONS is illegal, most forms of hunting and in the UK is now ILLEGAL, you even need a LISCENCE to catch fish for FOOD, in most countries you could drop a real gun in front of a policeman and he would say "here sir you dropped your firearm" picks it up for him then says "stay safe sir"… yet in the UK if you carry an AIR RIFLE , crossbow or even a bloody slingshot through your street unloaded with pellets detached and your gun in your gun bag on your way to shoot a couple of rabbits or pheasants for FOOD you can end up with a firing squad pointing lazers at you, gun or slingshot taken away usually with the phrase "this could have been the start of a mass shooting" 😑 most other countries you are allowed to build your own houses then live in them, you can have a gun, hunt, fish, live off the land, own as many dogs as you want and also legally protect yourself and your property should you get attacked! Where as in the uk you need to BUY LAND (most people cant afford to) then like that’s not hard enough to achieve you then need to get PLANNING PERMISSION to build just about anything EVEN IF YOU HAVE PAID FOR THE LAND, you are told what animals you can keep and what animals you cant keep, if you love your animals but just happen to have "too many" or the "wrong animals" then your beloved animals or livestock can be taken from you or even worse if you rent you could get evicted and end up homeless having to sleep on the street and god forbid anyone in that situation who DARES to light a fire and build a shelter to keep themselves WARM… ffs! Also here in the UK mental health is basically ignored, they have something called "universal credit" and housing "benefit" which most people suffering from mental health problems have to suffer living on which basically JUST say manages to get your rent paid for your landlord who is already rich enough anyway… then the person who suffers from mental health DISABILITIES only gets to see a flimsy £100-£150 of their OWN MONEY and has to try to SURIVIVE on THAT for a WHOLE MONTH when prices on everything are constantly being raised while the sizes of products being sold are becoming SMALLER AND SMALLER, Barely anyone suffering from mental health disabilities gets to see any PIP claims and usually has to go through an absolute MOCKERY of a process filling out countless forms, making countless stupid phone calls and attending countless face to face meetings with TOTAL STRANGERS (many are not stable enough so end up not attending them) and those who do go through all of this and even those suffering who are brave enough to attend usually just end up waiting MONTHS just to be rejected anyway and told they do not need PIP! Honestly then the stupid muppets have the NERVE to blame US for being the country with the highest amount of addictions and drugs use?!! Well after reading a little on the nazi situation we are in here in the UK (literally the tip of the iceberg to how screwed up our beautiful country has been forced to become)… Then you will probably UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE RELY ON DRUGS AND CANNABIS TO GET THEM THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES. Literally we are one of the only countries where rather than legalising everything we are going in the opposite direction and watching all these countries legalise this, legalise that, people having fun being free while we all suffer usually being forced to work 9-5 in jobs we don’t like or even worse single mothers out there with young children and those suffering from mental health illnesses having to SURVIVE being scammed on "universal credit"… what a bloody joke! Yet we always get the blame for relying on coping and survival strategies! Backwards, absolutely bloody backwards.
Simon,Cannabis is not a Addictive Substance it may well be a mental addition ,But for you to say its addictive your wrong.
How many people have drunk alcohol the killed people wether it be in a car or beating some one or died from alcohol how many death are related to cannabis none and this is the message the covment send drink to die or kill some one and this is to the younger people but you smoke weed and chill out and don’t cause bother we will lock u up and let every 1 know u t a duck bag drugy i got caught with 2 plants they took me to crown court i was lucky to get what I did 12 month probation were they treated me like carp like I don’t the public harm 12 month supended sentence a fine and 6 months tag
Now that we have legal Medical Cannabis in the UK has your attitude towards it changed or do you still believe it to be a major contributing factor to bad mental health?. I’m asking because my specialist has prescribed 40 grams of high strength cannabis a month to treat Anxiety, depression and PTSD. Did your paranoia ever sort itself out or did it clear up when you stopped injecting marijuanas?
I knew he was a ‘former’ cannabis user before he mentioned xD
It gives me best sleep ever and is 100% better than achol that killed my mum and dad that drug cannabiss does not come deal with it govement
Canada legalizes in 2018. The money to be made is ridiculous for governments via taxation. Get with the plan UK.
Addiction is a different story,u can’t make law upon addiction,that’s down to the person’s will power
Only weak minded people get addicted and also for those who say it makes them paranoid or anxious or any other so called side effect are obviously weak minded idiots that are already paranoid or anxious or obviously just weak minded and can’t handle it its because of marijuana I don’t take panic attacks anxiety attacks and it helps a little with depression stress an more cunts need to stop making shit up in their heads train your mind to be strong don’t be weak minded and go smoking something you can’t handle
Cannabis didn’t cause him to be like that, he was obviously stupid as a child also
Cannabis addict 😂😂
Clearly a weak minded man. People like this joke get fucked with around my ends. They get shit weed laced in other drugs. If you know who you are purchasing off and you know your shit you’ll never develop a problem. I myself have been smoking for 14 years and have no problems with my every day life or any weak minded bullshit like this slap headed fuck. The problem is for every 1 sensible person there’s 5 retards who will smoke whatever is given to them due to being poorly educated. What we need is a proper reform and a serious set of standards all provided by recognised companies that keep to these standards. When you look like this prick you’re gonna get ket laced in your shit loool
been smoking 30 pluss yrs stopped me drinking have one lit now enjoy nothing wrong with me
Sling us a blunt then
He knows
I would say yes because it is a plant. You don’t have to agree ya know? I got my reasons. How about you?
Bring a license in UK to grow it will be better for uk
I love how they get and ex cannabis addict. Fucking sad. I smoked it for 2 years now since I was 15 and my life is still fine. I don’t even have any mad addiction
Legalise it
Notice the ‘former cannabis addict’ is now completely fine, and sound enough in mind to be invited onto the bbc. pretty much tells you all you need to know
F’s guys a pure cabbage been smoking since a was 11yr old and not at any point have a been paranoid only time a get paranoid is when am got it in my pocket guy clearly works for torys or getting paid for saying this shit just really frustrating when you get people like this that blame the weed and not them self’s not everyone should smoke it cos clearly he had it before and just blames Cannabis for it fs
Cannabis isn’t a DRUG! It’s a fucking plant you stupid fucks!
Would steve have been paranoid if he knew police wouldnt arrest him?
Bullshitttt how u getting mental health problems smoking a spliff my man ur smoking mamba or skunk snm
I had a half pint of Guinness last week…now on two bottles of scotch a day… stupid argument from the hash converted
We won’t have legalisation of cannabis as it could cause problems with a tiny minority of emotional bed wetters , but drink yourself stupid..have a fight or two…stroon city centres with loud loutish yobs and takeaway leftovers..fill A and E with the casualtys of a good weekend out on the lash … increase violence at football matches..and abuse your internal organs…all fine with our backward facing government…. clowns !!!!
wow £500,000 spent on criminalising young people smoking weed damn unlucky fuckers
Maybe people drink n smoke a bit cus there on holiday dhead… Educate people on the beauty and versatility of the plant and healing properties.. save nhs by not buying so many crappy pills we don’t need.. tax it and be renound for the world’s best skunk. Political views pretty pointless as mps are so old and out of date.. can’t see what’s in future.
Clever people ain’t so clever and Simon crawl back in your hole hypocritical nieve fool!
So because one guy has an addictive personality and couldn’t have a cup of coffee without trying to mainline it, the rest of us have to suffer? Fuck you.
Cannabis is legal.😀
There are many cannabis users who take it because we ‘want to,’ we enjoy doing so. The many benefits that cannabis provides are undeniable now. As an adult, any decisions made regarding my own consciousness must be my own decision.
It does not cause mental health problems. That is an excuse I think a lot better when had a smoke it helps me in many ways than 1.the plant is there to grow for a reason just like fruit an veg that’s grown for a reason ppl will realise what cannabiss is all about ,ppl wot drink are on the biggest drug on earth it a bad drug like I say I lost my mum an dad through it ,I wish my mum and dad smoke cannabiss in sted of drink they would b still with me now
and on top, TV licence goons will harass you for not paying for a TV licence.
It’s not harfull
I’ve been smoking cannabiss 15 yr it never caused me any harm at all
He was clearly short of the full ticket before he even started smoking.
“Ex cannabis addict”! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
5 years on and no change or sensible debate
people do not use psychoactive drugs because we "cant cope with our lives" we do them because theyre good fun and i think everyone understands that, sure alot of drugs have medical or therapeutic benefits but people have for thousands and thousands of years used drugs and we will continue to if given freedom, i dont see why the fuck the government gets to decide what i do for fun aslong as im not harming anyone and currently what they are doing is forcing people to harm others through the funding of organised criminals if we want to have fun.
Rahhhhh There’s Soooo Many Users in the uk, I Think The Government Should Do A Poll On If The United Kingdom Should Legalise Cannabis
Simon how many ppl are killed because of alcohol and how many have died due to cannabis . Stop selling alcohol and you’ll safe lives
We jus no fucking nothing its a joke al this money spent on trying to get a plant(naturaly grown on this earth for erm?…. maybe the animals humans on the fucking planet to start with) billons wasted trying to get the plant of the street!!! You gotta laugh…. what do the Netherlands and now the U.S know what we in this dumb country dont. Regulate it or call it a fucking day…. your not getting rid of it full stop…ever.
One thing I would like to say is I’ve never seen someone smoke a joint and start a fight but I’ve seen so so so many people drink alcohol hurt themselves others and wreck there body’s
dont "legalize" it decriminalize it. growing and using cannabis is not unlawful. no injured party= no crime. end of.