Campaign to decriminalise cannabis with the right to grow at home. Licensed venues for adults to purchase & consume on site. We are the legacy market.
#UKCSC
Prohibition, we are coming for you in 2025!
We've been talking about our
#Right2Grow
tour since 4/20 and know you're keen to hear more about it. It's all about setting the ground for the future and the consumer perspective leading the conversation.
#UKcannabis
🧵
"Don't bother asking" is what some NHS pain specialists are saying. ",Please continue to take this Fentonyl which is easy to overdose on and is highly addictive. Why not have these Tramadol pills too...Gabapentin, Lyrica, they won't make you suicidal much but don't take cannabis"
I've driven to Lincoln to support a member who was busted with enough flower to turn into oil for his mum with cancer. His mum died and he was left with the flower - now he's facing several years in prison. I'm here to support him. Stopped in a motel on the way up. Early start.
Just spoke to a friend & club member who has been put in prison for extracting cannabis into oil. 6.5 years. He informed me he will be released on October 22nd as part of the early prisoners release program. All nonviolent drug offenders will be let out. No more prison for weed!
Every gram of cannabis bought from a UK home growers goes back into the UK economy, putting food on the table for a family struggling even though both parents work full time jobs. You can't say that about cannabis grown in corporate facilities or by criminal gangs.
#BuyBritishBud
Cannabis should be treated as a herbal medicine and descheduled completely. It is an absolute insult to science and patients that legal access so heavily restricted in the UK.
It's daylight robbery. Anyone can see.
If the government is letting private companies extort money out of patients, they should at least give patients the option to grow their own or have someone grow it for them.
Don't tolerate it. We aren't.
#ukcsc
#ukmedcan
#right2grow
This patient set up a grow for the same cost as joining a clinic. When I asked him why he hasn't got a prescription legally he said " I've looked at the [clinic] prices and the amount I need would cost more than I earn in a year as a disabled person."
#right2grow
One of our collective grows in the Midlands. Grown to make oil and then that is tested and then carefully dosed into edibles for patients who are unable to grow their own. Edibles reduce many patients need for inhaled doses through the day. 60 day supply of oil for under £90.
Arrived in Lincoln to support Davey Slathia of the Lincoln Cannabis Social Club today. He is being put through the Crown Court in the name of The Queen because of laws against people who use cannabis - even when it's to help a dying relative.
#endprohibition
#ukcsc
#cannabis
We do not accept members who have any affiliation with the EDL. Members who are found to have links or attend rallies will have their membership revoked.
What happened in Stockport is pretty much the official definition of terrorism.
There is no room for hatred in our clubs.
Dear politicians supporting cannabis reform (or thinking about it). 1- we aren't addicts were adults. 2- cannabis is not heroin so stop making the comparison, it's more like coffee or beer. 3- would you see a family member criminalized over it ruined future prospects included?
On my way up to the Victoria Derbyshire Show to speak up for adults right to grow cannabis for pleasure or medication. Its time the UK decriminalised personal possession & cultivation. Tune in on BBC and tweet the show using the hashtag
#right2grow
!!!
#bbc
#victoriaderbyshireshow
Here's what an MS is being forced to pay. It's not even high CBD, it's super high THC. Basically the
@10DowningStreet
definition of Skunk which is so dangerous it could get you 5-14years in prison...or if you have a licence to import it legally as a pharmacy, rich.
Clinics will tell you that home grown cannabis is inconsistent batch to batch and then change your prescription every month due to supply issues anyway. Meanwhile 4 of these plants at home under a 150w LED will take 12 weeks from cutting to dry & give you 200-250g. 22% THC.
#gyo
Would you go to a cannabis talk if it took place in your town? A chance to get the topic rolling locally? Reply with your town if you would!
#cannabistalk
Grit Weed Alert! Contaminated cannabis on UK streets. We've had reports that this is in Wrexham, Oswestry, Coventry, Teesside, Manchester, London, Cheshire and Cornwall so far. Grit adds weight to increase profit, looks like THC to the untrained eye but causes harm!
#regulatenow
.
@profdavidnutt
who has called the UK Cannabis Social Clubs "a rational approach to an irrational law", aims to create the largest body of evidence on cannabis' medicinal qualities in Europe:
This patient was charged with production with intent to supply to his disabled partner living in the same home. As a result they were evicted with their children & nearly lost them to Social Services. This is why we need to
#decriminalise
and give people the
#right2grow
at home.
No victim. No crime.
End custodial sentences for cannabis possession.
End criminal records for the cultivation, sale and possession of cannabis entirely.
People who purposely contaminate cannabis or target children for profit you don't get a pass.
#decrininalise
In court for a member today who was busted with 15 plants. He has autism and the probation services have discovered that he has been failed by the system with his mental health.
#right2grow
Hey
@JodyyDC
just read your piece on the man with 10 plants being busted. Can we refrain from calling a tent with a small number of plants a factory...it's stigma inducing & distorts the reality of what it really is to the public. People are legal to do this in other countries.
So...we are getting a growing number of elected officials and even serving police officers supporting our model for cannabis regulation in the UK. Something most people thought they would never see!
#UKCSC
Police leader urges for new approach on cannabis from
@RickKelsey
with
@hardyaldhindsa
on the merits of
@UKCannabisClubs
and their part in helping with adult responsible consumption and distribution of cannabis. Let's be smart in helping protect children.
reading you take down on high potency cannabis...are you aware that Bedrocan imported legally for patients is cannabis flower testing at 22% THC and no one is getting psychosis from it. Costs £700/ounce. Street name is Jack Herer - Street cost £180/ounce. Let's talk
@michroberts
The
#Right2Grow
is the most important part of any 🍃 legalisation law.
If the people can't grow their own, there's still a prohibition in place. We need to end that entirely.
Here's 3 ways to help shift the stigma and move the conversation on!
We've just been asked to speak at a drugs policy event in Bristol in March...looks like we may be spending the day doing some outreach in town. Always good to see what people on the streets have to say about cannabis reform + good way to make ourselves more widely known about.
Cannabis Social Clubs are safer than leaving cannabis to be sold on the streets. They require Age ID, for you to be over 18 (in some cases 21 or 25). Members grow their own and make their own edibles and extracts that are sold through the clubs. It supports the local economy too!
A fibro patient just messaged me and said "thank you for The Quarter Leaf it's so professional. I finally have something to show my family that isn't a link on my phone." Struggling in pain is hard enough, having to convince your family cannabis is a real medicine makes it harder
Another patient doing it for themselves. Why buy the same genetics you can grow yourself.
The industry has put out the idea that people are incompetent or that cannabis is this really mystically hard plant to grow.
Yet here we have patients after patient owning it.
#ukcsc
To the people saying UKCSC speaking against racism is going to damage our membership...We've had the best week of sign ups this year. Quite a few from X. Thank you to those who support our aims of a fair and equal society.
We are
#procannabis
,
#prolegalisation
and
#antifascist
.
As alcohol deaths rise by another 6%, as the NHS struggle to keep genuine patients in real beds on wards instead of corridors, as MPs continue to drink at work at cut costs thanks to tax payers, as patients are still being denied access, as adults are still criminalised.
#alcohol
13 police vans used in london cannabis raid!!! You would think there was a terror threat going on with a show of that magnitude. How much taxpayer money is spent on this and why is is not…
How to avoid contaminated cannabis: a thread 👇
The UK is in the midst of a
#GritWeed
epidemic with contaminated cannabis being found all over the UK.
Please take our advice and avoid it at all costs. Be vigilant and take the following action.
Another reason to legalise!
#bud
You have to love the variety of the genetics available. But you can only really experience the full expression of a strain by seeing it grow. Yeah the final product is what people want but those who love cannabis should be able to interact with it from seeds to jar.
#right2grow
Madarin Cookies grown by an autistic patient in the South Wales Valleys. Cannabis &
#cannabissocialclubs
have helped this 28 year old male build social bonds which have given him greater access to the outdoors, life skills and a trade which he can earn an income in glass blowing
If you are prescribed 2g of flower a day, that's 500mg of THC.
Why can't you get 500mg of oil prescribed a day?
Because medical cannabis clinics don't know what they're doing.
Because medical cannabis clinics are here to profit off whatever legal form of cannabis they can.
Sharing is caring, a friend with weed is a friend indeed, pass the dutchie to the left hand side, puff puff pass...which part of these very common cannabis catchphrases spells out "anti-social behaviour"? I think they encapsulate the sharing, kind, giving nature of the culture.
People who learned to grow cannabis in the most inconvenient places tend to be the best growers because they had so many obstacles to overcome. Environment management on a shoestring budget is beating multimillion dollar facilities. Prohibiting you growing only helps bigcanna.
How can you say medical cannabis doesn't have much THC in it on the radio just now
@Mikebarnes29
? The majority of the products available are high THC. The most popular strains are high THC. We need to remove the stigma by talking about the truth, not hiding. THC isn't the problem
Hey
@jeremycorbyn
, is cannabis policy in the UK going to get a look in for the Labour Manifesto? Now, cannabis policy is destroying the lives of thousands of young people and their futures as adults - we can put a stop to this and improve life chances for many. Will you regulate?
If this was a cannabis plant and not an opium poppy it would be on the front of the Daily Mail. But here we have a class A drug plant opposite the post office next to the school in the vicarage garden.
Got
#TheQuarterLeaf
#magazine
yet? A free publication on UK cannabis culture by the UK Cannabis Social Clubs with medical cannabis science/testimonies, strains, products, reviews & articles on private membership clubs.
So
#Gove
admits to taking drugs and says it is wrong because drugs destroy lives. Can't quite see how it destroyed his...in the leadership contest to be the PM. Can you not see the huge contradiction here?
A small patient grow. This tent is only 60cm wide and 140cm tall and has a 100watt LED in it, a 4 inch extractor fan and carbon filter with an air circulation fan. Works with 1-3 small plants. Yields 4-5 oz.
You don't need loads of room if you don't need loads of cannabis.
There are already more companies with more employees trying to make a profit out of medical cannabis than there are patients able to access it legally. Meanwhile patients are being arrested and detained in cells for 24 hours whilst their homes are searched
What are we doing to people as a country when someone with a medical condition is still being harassed by the police for his cannabis use? Being forced back on to opiate pain medication but being restricted doses that actually deal with the pain in the same way cannabis does.
You have to admit, it's pretty odd this plant is dangerous for healthy people in the UK but not healthy people in North America.
The same strains sold on the rec market are being sent to the UK for sick people as prescribed medicine.
But you're not allowed to
#growyourown
Someone's had a busy afternoon. Good work to this happy gardener. "117g of flower. 42g of trim. 30g of stems. Nothing goes to waste. It's all getting made into something." That's over 4 ounces from 1 plant. Some hash and some butter. All from 1 seed.
#right2grow
#ukcsc
#gyo
Dear cannabis industry & prescribed medical cannabis patients. As a pledge for 420 can we please drop the stigma towards patients who aren't legally prescribed. 5 years ago none of us were. It's classist, the majority of would be patients can't afford it. They are still patients.
Why are
@WMPolice
going hard with all the anti cannabis tweets? You shot a man dead If this was over cannabis as has been reported you've just initiated a real DRUG WAR on British soil.
@BritishSugar
grow 43 acres I think thats far more than Sean Fitzgerald may have had access to
When every patient is able to access medicinal cannabis products through the NHS we hope people realise that continuing to criminalise the people that took the legal risk to keep patients alive are respected in the way of total decriminalisation for possession and cultivation.
Pesticides: A serious problem in cannabis - because they are a hidden danger. You have no idea if this is on the street weed you buy.
This is why we advocate for people to be able to grow their own and for consumer safety standards like lab testing and labelling in social clubs
The people that fudged up medical cannabis laws *for everyone* FINALLY holding up their hands & saying they only got medical cannabis for their children because they got special treatment. You ignored 99% of patients & worked against everyone
#hanwaystreet
What would you do if 100 people in your community we're denied a cannabis prescription? It's a real shame that the center for medical cannabis this week made no distinction between community lead solutions for patients and street cannabis. No drive to help patients
#right2grow
Getting blocked by people that steal your ideas...their loss, if they didn't work that out yet. We have plenty more ideas on how to help and connect people when it comes to cannabis. We've a community of real people with real lives and families and it's growing daily.
#integrity
When they tell you your weed has to come from a licenced facility who only wants to grow 9 week flower times but you want to grow a 14 week sativa.
Now that's what I call a cola! What a beautiful specimen.
Is this really worth giving someone a criminal record for?
#right2grow
Somewhere in sunny South Wales near Cardiff this Night Queen Auto is nearly ready to chop. His summer outdoor crop lasts 12 months and costs him the price of the seeds. Locally sourced seaweed, homemade compost and a bit of fish, blood and bone mix at the start. Unbeaten value.
Just learned of the tragic killing of a man involved in a cannabis raid in Coventry. yet again, the policing of cannabis being ultimately more harmful than cannabis itself.
#ProhibitionKills
Happy New Year. We wish you all the best and that it may be progressive for your cannabis activism wherever you are in the UK or the rest of the world. Together, we can defeat prohibitionist ideologies and replace them with sensible, smarter alternatives for a safer society.
@NHSEngland
is this OK for practices to be doing? Telling patients who are quite capable of finding published medical research showing the safety and efficacy of cannabis in pain management and the millions using it safely in the US, Canada, Israel, Netherlands. Quite insulting!
@sajidjavid
Patients have been growing their own cannabis in controlled indoor environments (like pharmaceutical companies) to keep themselves alive for up to 40 years in the UK. Can we please recognise this and grant patients the
#Right2Grow
at home? Or do we carry on arresting them for it?
What becomes of patients that are forced to grow their own whilst they wait out this long process to get a valid prescription? Can you blame them for not waiting and doing the really simple act of growing their own? Should the police be told to not press charges? Why raid at all?
Nope, that's not contaminated cocaine on ketamine. That's what's left in a bag after it's had contaminated cannabis in it. Keep your eyes open in Ashford, Surrey where this was sent in from.
We welcome this piece published by pioneering Police Crime Commissioner
@ArfonJ
who has been very courteous and patient listening to the concerns of the local and national cannabis community made up of patients, caregivers and believe it or not - healthy people that enjoy it too.
Victoria Atkins is stopping people with real drug expertise and the impact policies have on people from joining the ACMD. Meanwhile her husband grows cannabis for GW Pharmaceuticals. She still believes it has no medical benefit.
“This country has a drug crisis. But it appears that the government can’t tolerate experts like me pointing that out”
I was blocked from advising on UK drug policy – because I criticised UK drug policy by
@niamhrelease
from
@Release_drugs
Female, mid 20's: People hate the products and the prices but feel obligated to buy into the system for legal security. This is effectively a tax to avoid having your door kicked in and clinic marketers preys on that fear.
Will you instruct police & the CPS to not prosecute patients using cannabis as a medicine now
@NickHurdUK
? Can you decriminalise patients who are stuck in limbo while this convoluted system has its kinks ironed out? Patients contact us in fear that they will get arrested still.
Norfolk Police have just busted 100 0 plants in a grow they say is worth £1million. Still I bet the cost of this cannabis was far less than what patients are made to pay. If the people growing it could test and label it legally, and pay tax what would be the problem?
#right2grow
"Sativex requires only half a square metre to produce a year’s medicine for one patient." So why is it so inaccessible to MS patients? In the same article it admits Skunk
#1
is the strain in Sativex
#GWPharma
#Sativex
#Skunk
#ukcannabis
Odd that
@theresa_may
has been so quiet on the Medicinal Cannabis announcement.
@JustinTrudeau
was very upfront about why he was legalising recreational cannabis yet our own leader can't even talk about the new law. Could it be she has to admit she was wrong?
#humility
#strength
It's pretty sad. We helped start Product Earth to further the goals of home grow and cannabis social clubs and liberating cannabis people. Now they're sponsored by Curaleaf who have an international reputation for lobbying against home grows.
#ukcannabisindustry
There's LOTS of talk about "Two Tier Policing" in the UK at the moment.
We'd just like to draw everyone's attention to these statistics by
@Release_drugs
.
Myth: unregulated cannabis is unsafe
Then why are so many people using home grown cannabis to. Successfully treat their conditions? Unregulated doesn't mean unsafe. It doesn't mean commercial cannabis doesn't need regulating. It doesnt mean that regulated cannabis is always safe