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'''[[Victoria Atkins]] MP, Drugs Minister, Opposes Drugs Regulation While Her Husband Grows 45 Acres Of Cannabis Under Govt Licence.''' The UK's New Princess Of Prohibition: Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Corruption And Cruelty Behind A Pretty Face. | '''[[Victoria Atkins]] MP, Drugs Minister, Opposes Drugs Regulation While Her Husband Grows 45 Acres Of Cannabis Under Govt Licence.''' The UK's New Princess Of Prohibition: Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Corruption And Cruelty Behind A Pretty Face. | ||
− | {{img|Cannabis-Law-Reform.svg|103|100}} There is no one who plumbs the depths of deception and hypocrisy as deeply as Drugs minister Victoria Atkins. Her recent performance in the Westminster Hall debate on Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) was riddled with inaccuracies, distorted information and downright falsehood about the success of such facilities throughout the world. She simply told brazen untruths in order to support her rejection of the clamour from other MPs to introduce DCRs because they are proven to save lives. | + | {{img|Cannabis-Law-Reform.svg|103|100|border=black}} There is no one who plumbs the depths of deception and hypocrisy as deeply as Drugs minister Victoria Atkins. Her recent performance in the Westminster Hall debate on Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) was riddled with inaccuracies, distorted information and downright falsehood about the success of such facilities throughout the world. She simply told brazen untruths in order to support her rejection of the clamour from other MPs to introduce DCRs because they are proven to save lives. |
Atkins would probably rather people didn't mention her husband's farm, because he has a 45-acre cannabis plantation. Pro-legalisation pressure group [[CLEAR]] revealed that Atkins is married to Paul Kenward, managing director of [[British Sugar]]. British Sugar is growing cannabis to supply to drugs company [[GW Pharmaceuticals]]. British Sugar's annual sales fluctuate with the sugar price, so when wholesale prices of the sweet stuff are low, times can be tough. Speaking about the long-term deal, Kenward said he was "confident of decent yields" and that "the return will be better than on tomatoes". | Atkins would probably rather people didn't mention her husband's farm, because he has a 45-acre cannabis plantation. Pro-legalisation pressure group [[CLEAR]] revealed that Atkins is married to Paul Kenward, managing director of [[British Sugar]]. British Sugar is growing cannabis to supply to drugs company [[GW Pharmaceuticals]]. British Sugar's annual sales fluctuate with the sugar price, so when wholesale prices of the sweet stuff are low, times can be tough. Speaking about the long-term deal, Kenward said he was "confident of decent yields" and that "the return will be better than on tomatoes". | ||
− | + | '''Corruption?''' The legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use would scupper British Sugar's market. After all, we wouldn't want legalised cannabis to interfere with profits, now would we. | |
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Monopoly is the DNA of capitalism. Since Thatcher and Reagan let neoliberalism loose, and the rest of the world followed suit, we have seen market sectors become ever more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Wherever one looks, giant corporations with country-sized revenues are dictating to govts worldwide. Getting regulation passed in the face of their lobbying power is a non-trivial task: one example we are living with is plastic pollution. Another is neonicotinoids; it took 80% of our pollinators to die off before legislators reluctantly began to act.[1] We watch it happening, and do nothing. What is lawful, and what is right... they're not always the same thing.
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Planning on having a Family?Sperm counts have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year.[2] The World Health Organisation also recognises the problem. History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations – the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar?[3] The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences. They won't be inhaling or ingesting those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced far from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia. Politicians collude, either because they are corrupt ($$s), or because they are powerless due to their own policies over the last ~40 years.
Wilful Ignorance on our part. Thoughtless use of chemicals (cleaning, gardens); hedonistic use of transport (planes, cars); rampant consumerism (gadgets, clothing, stuff); self-indulgent breeding (number of kids). We have treated our planet like a bottomless rubbish dump, but that dog is well and truly dead. We cannot have our cake and eat it too.
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Victoria Atkins MP, Drugs Minister, Opposes Drugs Regulation While Her Husband Grows 45 Acres Of Cannabis Under Govt Licence. The UK's New Princess Of Prohibition: Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Corruption And Cruelty Behind A Pretty Face. There is no one who plumbs the depths of deception and hypocrisy as deeply as Drugs minister Victoria Atkins. Her recent performance in the Westminster Hall debate on Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) was riddled with inaccuracies, distorted information and downright falsehood about the success of such facilities throughout the world. She simply told brazen untruths in order to support her rejection of the clamour from other MPs to introduce DCRs because they are proven to save lives. Atkins would probably rather people didn't mention her husband's farm, because he has a 45-acre cannabis plantation. Pro-legalisation pressure group CLEAR revealed that Atkins is married to Paul Kenward, managing director of British Sugar. British Sugar is growing cannabis to supply to drugs company GW Pharmaceuticals. British Sugar's annual sales fluctuate with the sugar price, so when wholesale prices of the sweet stuff are low, times can be tough. Speaking about the long-term deal, Kenward said he was "confident of decent yields" and that "the return will be better than on tomatoes". Corruption? The legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use would scupper British Sugar's market. After all, we wouldn't want legalised cannabis to interfere with profits, now would we.
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