Peter Reynolds
Peter Reynolds is a writer and proud Welshman. Liberal, almost libertarian. President, CLEAR Cannabis Law Reform, Director, Growth Industries. Expert in cannabis and drugs policy.
London, UK and Kerry, Ireland
peter-reynolds.co.uk
- With increasing numbers of countries embracing #cannabis, the European Union is launching a toolkit to help national policymakers frame adult-use legislation. #drugspolicy businessofcannabis.com/european-uni...
- More than 13,000 heroin and opioid deaths have been missed off official statistics in England and Wales, raising concerns about the impact on the government's approach to tackling addiction. #drugspolicy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- #Cannabis can be fun as well as medicine. It's why the narrative is powerful. But it's a problem when it starts creeping into the territory of kid-friendly. That is the line the industry needs to pay attention to, now more than ever. #drugspolicy hightimes.com/business/whe...
- The #WarOnDrugs has failed. To defeat the cartels, governments should decriminalise personal use and create legal drug markets, says Richard Branson. #drugspolicy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Peter Reynolds, President of CLEAR, said the FSA’s handling of #CBD has already devastated the UK market with the loss of hundreds of businesses, thousands of jobs and leaving mainly “ineffective” CBD isolate oils on the market. #cannabis #drugspolicy hemptoday.net/uk-stakehold...
- Wendy Teasdill says that had the drug checking services of The Loop been available at Boomtown in 2013, as they were in 2017 and 2018, her daughter would still be alive today. #drugspolicy www.drugscience.org.uk/boomtown-dru...
- Contempt for this government will deepen. There is no doubt that Israel is engaged in genocide. The only possible explanation for this travesty is the corrupt ‘sponsorship’ which more than half the cabinet and many MPs accept from Israeli sources. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- As expanded access leads to increased pot use, health experts say it’s more important than ever to understand the effects of the drug on mental health. Click the highlighted sections to learn how #cannabis affects the brain. theonion.com/how-marijuan...
- "Almost half of UK population believes Israel treats Palestinians like Nazis treated Jews." They are absolutely correct. This is NOT #antisemitism. #StopIsrael #FreePalestine www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
- More than five decades ago, Richard Nixon launched the #WarOnDrugs. The drugs won. Now Trump is ramping up the violence using unlawful military action against suspected traffickers without any due process. #drugspolicy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- After harvesting #cannabis, inside each flower a transformation is underway that defines the quality of the medicine it becomes. Handled well, this stage brings out the plant’s full character, turning raw flowers into rich, aromatic medicine. #drugspolicy dalgetyuk.co.uk/life-after-d...
- Gemma Weeks, 28, used £500 of ketamine a week for 10 years. Coroner at her inquest suggests upgrading it to Class A. With all sympathy to Gemma's family, this was serious abuse and in any case, evidence shows that classification make no difference to use. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- SWITZERLAND. The new bill spans everything from how #cannabis should be packed, to what time of day it can be sold, and how it will be taxed with a focus on non-profit principles, prioritising harm reduction over commercial opportunity. #drugspolicy businessofcannabis.com/inside-switz...
- CANADA. New analysis shows #cannabis as a national growth engine, adding $16 billion to GDP in 2024 and aligning with Prime Minister Carney’s One Canadian Economy vision. #drugspolicy www.organigram.ca/eir
- SCOTLAND remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row. As usual there is zero discussion by either UK government or media on how #drugspolicy could be adjusted. On any other issue, a policy review would be demanded and debated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- THAILAND. Chaos on #cannabis policy continues. If Anutin Charnvirakul becomes PM we can expect a return to full support for legalisation and #regulation. #drugspolicy www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
- IRELAND's notorious #cannabis hysteric, Dr Ray Walley, describes the smell of cannabis as "toxic", a "gateway into cocaine" and suggests second hand smoke causes "metabolic and heart problems". Fake claims from a discredited, dishonest doctor. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
- Daily #cannabis use produces cognitive improvement and reduced brain inflammation in middle aged humans leading to improved learning and memory. #drugspolicy www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/your...
- AUSTRALIA. All over the world politicians persist in the delusion that #prohibition reduces harm. If you tax tobacco so heavily it doesn't deter use, it just boosts the illicit market, more harmful products and more crime. #drugspolicy www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- SWITZERLAND. Adults are to have legal access to #cannabis in future. The National Council committee has submitted the draft for a Cannabis Products Act for consultation by December 1. #drugspolicy www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...
- #Prohibition doesn’t eliminate the drug market, it forces consumers to buy from criminal networks. Purity, strength and content are guesswork. No quality control, no list of ingredients. No dosage guidelines. No consumer rights. #drugspolicy filtermag.org/overdose-pro...
- STUDY. A new family of molecules has been discovered in #cannabis leaves, the part of the plant that is usually discarded. These phenolic compounds but may prove to be as significant as cannabinoids. #drugspolicy hightimes.com/health/scien...
- The Public Consultation on regulation of #CBD products is critical. Very important to contribute if you have been affected by the FSA's incompetent, probably corrupt imposition of Novel Foods regulations. #drugspolicy www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/...
- The Cannabis Health Symposium, at Conway Hall, London on Tuesday 25 Nov, 2025, is designed to provide UK healthcare professionals with expert-led, clinically grounded education on #cannabis-based medicinal products. #drugspolicy cannabishealthnews.co.uk/2025/08/28/c...
- The UK now has approximately 60,000 prescribed #cannabis patients but there is a shortage of trained specialist doctors, pharmacists and other professionals to meet growing demand. #drugspolicy cannabishealthnews.co.uk/2025/08/28/t...
- More absurd 'research' on #cannabis from King's IoPPN alleges that medical users suffer more "paranoia, anxiety, and depression" than recreational users. Flatly contradicted by the facts of medical records. #drugspolicy www.kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
- USA. A coalition of anti-#cannabis, law enforcement and religious groups are imploring Trump to oppose a cannabis rescheduling proposal that he says his administration will decide on within weeks. #drugspolicy www.marijuanamoment.net/anti-drug-la...
- JAPAN. The number of #cannabis-related arrests has been increasing despite the implementation of stricter legal penalties. Many are using for "self-care" reasons. #drugspolicy www.drugscience.org.uk/japan-cannabis
- SINGAPORE. First clemency in a death penalty case since 1998 came closely after the announcement of the third execution within a period of three weeks – all for drug-related offences. #drugspolicy www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
- Addiction support charity says a drop in referrals for #cannabis coincided with the legalisation of its medical use on prescription. People are not accessing it through illicit means and getting into trouble with the law for a medical reason. #drugspolicy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- How Israel has breached the Genocide Convention. All signatories to the convention are legally obliged "to act to prevent and punish". This includes the USA, UK and all EU countries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
- Should EU proposals be brought into law, from 2027, the entire hemp plant, including flowers, would be recognised as an agricultural product, not just the seeds and stems, and THC limits could rise to 0.5%. #cannabis #drugspolicy businessofcannabis.com/eu-proposal-...
- Diana Johnson MP doubles down on #prohibition by specifically naming semi-synthetic cannabinoids as class B, schedule 1 drugs. These were already banned under MoDA. More sinister is the proposal to ban non-psychoactive THCa for the first time. #drugspolicy www.gov.uk/government/p...
- Now little difference between The Times and the Daily Mail. Cheap, fearmongering about drugs at Boomtown. Forgets to mention that legal drugs, alcohol and tobacco, kill thousands more and cause far more harm than all illicit drugs combined. #drugspolicy www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
- Netanyahu and his ultra-Zionist regime are pursuing the ‘Greater Israel’ project. This is based on the Zionist belief that Abraham said ‘God’ had told him he and his descendants have the exclusive right to this land as defined in the Torah. #StopIsrael peter-reynolds.co.uk/2025/08/13/t...
- STUDY. In 40,000 UK subjects aged 44 to 81, #cannabis consumers consistently outperformed non-users on a range of cognitive tests demonstrating brain network characteristics typically associated with younger brains. #drugspolicy www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-us...
- USA. At a $1m-a-plate fundraiser at his New Jersey golf club earlier this month, Trump told attendees he was interested in reclassifying #cannabis as a less dangerous drug. Guess why? Donations. #drugspolicy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- STUDY. Reporting the legal and illegal prices of different #cannabis products in Canada. 78% of all cannabis was purchased from legal sources in the past year. Substantial quantity discounts were observed from both legal and illegal sources. #drugspolicy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- "If the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu fears anything, it is the clank of a prison door closing behind him. Netanyahu sees jail in his future, and he would do almost anything to avoid it." www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
- There always has been and always will be a thriving drug trade at Boomtown and other festivals. It is a natural human impulse. The only way to reduce the harm of drugs and the trade in them is legal regulation. #drugspolicy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- STUDY. In one of the most severe #prohibition jurisdictions evidence shows that #cannabis use usually comes after first use of alcohol and tobacco and rarely results in the use of other substances. Another rejection of the 'Gateway Theory'. #drugspolicy www.marijuanamoment.net/government-b...
- Updated to 21st July 2025, based on a statistical model published in the Lancet, Israel has killed roughly 434,800 people in Gaza since 8th October 2023. That’s 20.7% of Gaza’s pre-conflict population dead. Over half are women and children. stevendonziger.substack.com/p/shock-isra...
- STUDY. Randomised controlled trial of legal access to adult-use #cannabis in Switzerland shows reduction in cannabis use disorder and no increase in depression, anxiety or psychotic symptoms. #drugspolicy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Well done Starmer, you've grown a pair! Exactly the right thing to do. The Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination which for 77 years the Zionist war criminals have been trying to stamp out. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- Behind the blue line: Educating police on prescription #cannabis rights in the UK. Six years since legalisation, confusion still reigns. #drugspolicy releaf.co.uk/blog/educati...
- Very important to contribute to this survey if you have been affected by the FSA's incompetent and probably corrupt handling of the imposition of Novel Foods in the #CBD industry. It has destroyed hundreds of businesses and thousands of jobs. #drugspolicy www.cannabistrades.org/articles/imp...
- #Cannabis has been 'tolerated' in the Netherlands since the 1970s, but is now moving to a regulated approach. 10 legal growers have been licensed to produce hash and weed legally for participating coffee shops. #drugspolicy www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
- In the previous government, I could not have been more opposed to Kit Malthouse, his authoritarian and #prohibition line on #drugspolicy. But his speech on 21st July 2025 on Israel's genocide was magnificent. I pay him maximum respect for his words and his intent.
- There is a study every week. #Cannabis causes heart attacks, schizophrenia, makes you lazy, anxious, infertile, unemployable. It turns your brain to sludge. The headlines change. The goal does not. Confuse the evidence. Keep the fear alive. #drugspolicy potculturemagazine.com/2025/07/02/f...
- Starmer treated the London Drugs Commission report exactly as Callaghan treated the Wooton report in 1969. He threw it in the bin unread. Since the Indian Hemp Commission of 1898 politicians refuse to act on expert evidence about #cannabis. #drugspolicy www.talkingdrugs.org/after-london...
