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Remedicalizing Cannabis | Review
Read more: Remedicalizing Cannabis | Review‘Remedicalizing Cannabis: Science, Industry and Drug Policy‘ is a book by Suzanne Taylor, a research fellow in the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It’s part of the ‘Intoxicating Histories’ series, which includes a book we reviewed before on The Green Lens, called ‘Taming Cannabis‘. I’d…
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Brendan and Ryan of Crainn
Read more: Brendan and Ryan of CrainnCrainn (the Irish word for ‘trees’) are a cannabis advocacy group who boast Ireland’s largest online cannabis community, with over 30,000 members on their Reddit page alone. They started life there, but have since expanded their presence to Twitter and other social media outlets. Recently, on April 20th (‘420’) they organised a team of volunteers…
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Eoin Long of The Cannabis Review
Read more: Eoin Long of The Cannabis ReviewIn The Cannabis Review, Eoin Long talks with leading figures in commercial cannabis. The show has a stated aim of educating viewers while clarifying ‘some of the sectors and topics of interest in the global cannabis industry’. The YouTube channel launched in February of 2021, where he has interviewed the likes of Dr. Peter Grinspoon,…
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Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil & Drugs
Read more: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil & DrugsThe opening line of the drug policy section in Fine Gael‘s GE20 Manifesto proudly ends with an emphasis on more of the same: ‘continuing the relentless pursuit of drug dealers.‘ This is a clear sign that they just don’t get it. How does Fine Gael not know by now that the 50-year-old global war on…
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Sinn Féin, People Before Profit & Drugs
Read more: Sinn Féin, People Before Profit & DrugsAccording to the Party’s 2020 Manifesto, Sinn Féin believe that drug ‘and alcohol’ misuse (can we please start including alcohol under the umbrella of ‘drugs’?) are primarily public health issues. Harm reduction is stated to be a guiding principle for future ‘drug and alcohol’ strategies for Sinn Féin, but then so is ‘prevention’, which suggests…
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Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World | Review
Read more: Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World | ReviewOtto English is the pen name for Andrew Scott, a journalist that covers history and contemporary politics. His book Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World takes a look at the numerous fictions of history and how and why they have become known to be historical facts. In the wake of…
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