Plymouth man grew cannabis at home

“I'm neutral, but cannabis has got a seedy squalid smoky image and I'm sure that if it could be made available in pill form it'd clean up its image no end.
Same with tobacco which has got the same seedy image, why can't nicotine be made into pills too?”

“Those who grow their own cannabis simply aren't contributing to the drug war and shouldn't be prosecuted. Prohibition creates unwanted crime. Cannabis is a very useful medicine and has the least amount of harmful side effects compared to pharmaceuticals. It's our moral responsibility to keep our children safe and to reduce the amount of dealers on the streets. The ill and disabled should have the right to take a medicine that suits them best. It's time to regulate cannabis, whether its medicinally or for recreational use.

Kate Stenberg
Clear Media Team
Cannabis Law Reform”

“People have been indoctrinated by misguided finger-wagging prohibitionists, the media, police and our leaders into believing growing these specific plants at home is a bad thing. No one would think brewing your own alcohol as a hobby or just to save money on booze is immoral, so why a plant much safer than said?

Cannabis is NOT illegal because it has a psychoactive effect when smoked, its not illegal because said effect may pose a risk for a minority of people or youngsters. Alcohol, is far more damaging psychologically, physically and to society.

Yet prohibiting it wouldn't make it disappear, as we learnt from alcohol prohibition in the 20's - 30's, prohibition is a dangerous, irresponsible, ineffective economic drain. Thats why they re legalized alcohol, because outlawing it made things MUCH worse.

Its the same with cannabis now, children being enticed by gangsterism, lured in to organized crime, smoking weed because dealers dont ask for ID, contaminating the natural flower buds with glass particles and heroin as weight gainers, gang violence because criminals dont settle deputes verbally, human trafficking, theft of electricity... I could go on.

And this person wanted to avoid all that, by growing some at home...Thus depriving criminals of his money, giving it to gardening stores, knowing the strain specific information, knowing whats gone in it. Wait if every cannabis user could grow at home, wouldnt that deprive the black market of a very large income? YES! But, cannabis laws are NOT about putting dealers out of business long term or to reduce harm and associated crime. Its all about money and vested interest. Cannabis laws are about industry manipulation and resource monopolies.

Our leaders know what a dangerous fail prohibition is, they know the risks they know prohibition is a free-for-all and they disallow legal regulation and ignore expert advice for two reasons. Greed and Fear.

Do not support such an irresponsible, damaging, dangerous corrupt policy, that always causes more harm than it prevents!”

“i feel for this guy, a waste of time and money for all partys involved. when will they realise that cannabis is the worlds greatest and benificial plant and by far the most least dangerous?
Prohibition is harming this country more, instead of spending millions fighting an unwinnable (and pointless) war on cannabis, the government could be earning the same if not more on income from from taxes to improve the country, decrease real crime, reduce hotility towards normal people and police and restore respect, give people the oppourtunity to make their own medicine naturally, the list goes on...”

“So Mr Bray was growing some beneficial plants, in his own home, at his own expense, to be consumed by himself, in his own time. But the police decide to spend a large chunk of taxpayer's money prosecuting him and giving him a criminal record ? Utter madness. Crimes have victims, victims are harmed by the actions of others. Where on earth are Mr Bray's victims. Well, as a taxpayer I'm one and .... well..... there aren't any others. Other than Mr Bray himself who now has to contend with a criminal record and probably end up costing me (the taxpayer) even more money when his job prospects are pretty well annihilated in the current financial climate. So a big win for common sense ? I think not.”

“How much longer are we expected to stand by & tolerate this unjust, immoral law being used to criminalise innocent people? We are talking about a natural plant, probably the most medicinal on the planet & yet our governments have forbidden us to possess, cultivate or consume it. I personally do not recognise their right to do that. The magistrates should do the apologising here for upholding an unjust law that should never have existed.

Please use my tax payments to fund the fight against real crime that threatens the safety & possessions of others. It is not the place of government to control a persons personal consumption choices & I resent the fact that money is continually wasted in this way.”

“About time the police stopped wasting their time and our money on cannabis whis is less harmful than tobacco or alcohol. In some cases, and I know of one, it is an extremely effective painkiller for an MS sufferer who got no relief from prescription drugs. Our drug laws are a farce and it costs us, as taxpayers, a lot as quite a lot of police time is wasted on this relatively harmless, sometimes beneficial, drug. Tobacco, which ruins a lot of lives and costs the NHS a fortune, is legal. Why?”

“This is a ridiculous waste of public money and misuse of law enforcement resources.

On 6th November 2012 Colorado and Washington state legalised cannabis for adults!

Are we so stupid in Britain that we cannot learn the lessons of history? If we prohibit something for which there is huge demand then the price rises and violent criminals become involved.

If we introduced a legally regulated system we would solve nearly all the problems around cannabis. Science proves how much safer it is than tobacco, alcohol, prescription medicines and all other recreational drugs. The evidence is that where legal regulation is introduced, consumption by children and all health and social harms are reduced.

Doctors would be able to prescribe one of the most effective medicines that has no serious side effects at all. At the moment the government has given GW Pharmaceuticals an illegal monopoly on cannabis so they make millions out of a medicine that you can grow in your greenhouse for virtually nothing.

Independent, expert research also indicates that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion pa.

Our present policy on cannabis is irrational, irresponsible and dangerous. Surely, this inevitable and long overdue reform will now begin to roll out across the world?”