Cannabis farm found inside tents at Blackburn house (From Lancashire Telegraph)

the Police are so jealous, of someone living a such an cultred environ, they had to raid the place.
you, the erudite, are next!

Inside was evidence of somebody living among the cannabis farm with a big sofa and wall-mounted TV in the living room.

Probably cos he was to wrecked to find the front door...apparently he'd been trying for weeks...

Come LT linked to drug dealing I thought canabis plants was for making tea!!
as for the tenant big screen tv and sofa probably on benefits as well.

End the prohibition of cannabis.

Minimise all health and social harms.

Pull the rug from under organised crime.

Boost the UK economy by up to £9.3 billion per annum.

Permit the use of one of the safest and most effective medicines known to man.

Will someone please explain to me why these "farms" are not put under survellience for a week or so, before the plod goes in mob handed. Or do they already know who is the Mr Big behind these canabis farms; and refuse to take him on.....??????

People will look back on this era of Cannabis prohibition much as we now look back and see how stupid alcohol prohibition was. This is all so damaging to society and every day the damage gets worse and harder to recover from. Can you imagine the power that the likes of Al Capone would now wield if the alcohol prohibition had been allowed to continue for nearly 100 years? They would have enough legislators in their pockets so that they could influence governments and ensure that alcohol prohibition continued. Now that is exactly the position the "drug barons" are in today. For this reason I believe that legalisation of Cannabis is the most urgent issue on this planet today.
What we need, instead of a blanket prohibition of Cannabis, is a proper legally regulated supply that will benefit the U.K. economy through huge tax revenues and free up the resources of the police and courts to deal with real crimes. Most of all a properly regulated supply will protect young people, as it is in the area of Age Limits that prohibition has proven such a huge failure. In countries where there is provision for the legal supply of Cannabis to adults the use of Cannabis, and indeed other substances as well, is greatly reduced amongst youngsters. This is because the licensed suppliers know full well that if they are caught supplying to minors they stand to lose their licence, so they just don't do it. Whereas in good old Blighty we have to soldier on with prohibition giving the whole market straight into the hands of dealers who simply want to see your money, they will sell Cannabis to anyone of any age. And that's not all! These unscrupulous dealers are often likely to say "Oh sorry, I couldn't get any weed this week, this other stuff is all they had, why don't you try some?" and then proceed to offer Heroin.
So, legalise, regulate and tax the supply of Cannabis for a Britain that is happier, less violent and more affluent.

End the prohibition of cannabis.

Minimise all health and social harms.

Pull the rug from under organised crime.

Boost the UK economy by up to £9.3 billion per annum.

Permit the use of one of the safest and most effective medicines known to man.
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If we had a regulated supply and taxation on cannabis purity can be controlled, effective action can be take to stop minors purchasing it and we can boost our economy. Its no brainer really that's why we haven't got it at the minute as our politicians are no brainers!

If the police concentrated on class A drugs or violent crime then they would start clearing the streets of real criminals! The content of this article is totally incorrect too...maybe people should actually see that cannabis is drug used for many perposes othen than geetting wasted. If this lot had a street value off 40-80K I think a large sofa and flat screen would be the least they would of found, maybe gold plated taps and toilet seats with a porsch parked outside MillHill community centre...the occupier was prob selling it to the community officers who actually do nothing around MillHill anyway! Waste of tax payers money, police time, court time and probably prison space for what....a bit of weed! This country is living in a time warp and the government are all currutp anyway! long live Bob Marley!!!!

same-old-story wrote:
Inside was evidence of somebody living among the cannabis farm with a big sofa and wall-mounted TV in the living room.

Probably cos he was to wrecked to find the front door...apparently he'd been trying for weeks...

Ha Ha made me laugh :)

It seems the telegraph do not like some of my comments...get a life you lot and get ur facts correct instead of publishing RUBBISH!!! The plod need to catch the criminals breaking into cars in Mill Hill...
Long live Bob Marley!

think pc nector should have spent more time counting plants then sniffin the occupiers dirty washin the bender

think pc nector should have spent more time counting plants then sniffin the occupiers dirty washin the bender

think pc nector should have spent more time counting plants then sniffin the occupiers dirty washin the bender

Haha! Was Mr Bigs Y Fronts full of skids PC Nector??? Haha!!!

dont think they like mine ether magic man mines benn deleted

anotherview wrote:
Will someone please explain to me why these "farms" are not put under survellience for a week or so, before the plod goes in mob handed. Or do they already know who is the Mr Big behind these canabis farms; and refuse to take him on.....??????

These farms probably belong to the police and when they are ready to harvest they publish the tremendous catch in order to get it cut n dried without causing any suspicion.....

nice person wrote:

same-old-story wrote: Inside was evidence of somebody living among the cannabis farm with a big sofa and wall-mounted TV in the living room. Probably cos he was to wrecked to find the front door...apparently he'd been trying for weeks...

Ha Ha made me laugh :)

Wounder if they had a fridge and microwave for when they got the munchies???

who knows maybe it will be read out in court there was a washer in the house your honour but i sniffed his **** stained undies your honour he didnt seem to be using the washer cause i got an instant boner your honour i think i counted how many pairs of Y fronts instead of the plants your honour hahaha

nice person wrote:

anotherview wrote: Will someone please explain to me why these "farms" are not put under survellience for a week or so, before the plod goes in mob handed. Or do they already know who is the Mr Big behind these canabis farms; and refuse to take him on.....??????

These farms probably belong to the police and when they are ready to harvest they publish the tremendous catch in order to get it cut n dried without causing any suspicion.....

Think Steve Kean has a 'Farm' on the go with some of his tactic to date! Oh dear...I feel sorry for this lad who will prob get jail time for a little puff puff give...oh well bet he's not locked up yet and will a laugh in the pub tonight

all hail the king farmer

Wonder if PC Nector bagged and tagged the Y fronts??? Prob sniffing them right now!

these people who grass need to get a life...GOD made cannabis and and isn't it the holy bible you sware on in court??? Were Jamming!!!

This type of horticulture needs to be regulated through legal framework where it would be legitimate, controlled and taxed.
Currently prohibition really only benefits organised crime and we the tax payer spend more and more on the enforcement of out-dated and bad law.

Looks like we have a unanimous decision.. people that post in these threads are for the decriminalisation/le
galisation of cannabis.

Now start hunting for real criminals Mr. Policeman

Legalise it! Tax it! Let everyone enjoy it!

yep

IT TASTES NICE IN A PIE TOO

hairy mary wrote:
IT TASTES NICE IN A PIE TOO

And brownies for dessert!

Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

Wow - we're changing minds in the home land of Blackburn eh.

messi1 wrote:
Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

I'm not ashamed to say I absolutely cannot raise my hand

should bring back hanging for anyone dealing or growing the crap!

messi1 wrote:
Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

I don't think many people will be able to put their hands up because you seem to neglect the fact that alcohol and tobacco are also DRUGS and I think you'll find they are the biggest gateway DRUGS.
In fact, since a drug is a substance which causes a physiological change in the body, even food is a drug.

Wise words.

Forget that cannabis itself causes no issues - no tramps living in hostels, no violence from tanked up users, no addicts robbing grannies - those are alcohol and heroin.

There were over one million admissions to UK hospitals from alcohol issues last year. Cannabis saw far fewer than 1% of that. Far more people were admitted to hospital from peanut injuries than cannabis problems. Far more people died from peanut problems than cannabis last year.

Should we bring back hanging for dealing or growing peanuts? It does far more harm than cannabis.

You are suggesting that we enforce cannabis prohibition far more strictly than it currently is. That will of course cost lots and lots more money.

Currently we already spend billions upon billions enforcing cannabis prohibition. There is only so much money to go round. For every penny we spend on cannabis prohibition, we decide not to investigate and punish other crimes - we have to, there is only so much money. That means paedophiles, violent thugs, rapists etc are currently going uninvestigated and unpunished - real criminals with real victims - because we've decided that stopping someone minding their own business, smoking cannabis, is far more important for our police to stop.

Doggydog - your ignorant and moronic views are exactly the reason this happens. You want us to spend more money stopping something which is far far safer than Tesco or Bargain Booze are happily allowed to do pushing alcohol on us.

Doggydog - you blinked stupidity is the reason paedophiles and violent thugs go unpunished. Perhaps you can explain that to their victims sometime - don't forget to explain how important it is to stop pot heads watching telly or eating crap, even if the price to pay is that poor paedophile victim's innocence, or that poor unfortunate at the end of severe drunken beating. No worries eh - you can explain how their immense suffering is a small price to pay to stop these dastardly cannabis users harming no-one.

At the same time of course, you hand a lucrative multi billion pound monopoly of cannabis supply to hardened and often despicable criminals.

Nice one - you total moron.

I'd be embarrassed if I was you.

messi1 wrote:
Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

Biggest gateway drug there is?

Scientifically what exactly is a "gateway drug"? Not a fuddy duddy explanation - "it makes you take another drug innit" - but a scientific explanation how cannabis -itself a fairly inert substance - has this supposed unique ability to make someone take a completely different substance.

Does paracetamol make you take anadin? Does alcohol make you take GHB? Does heroin make you take ecstasy? The list is endless, pointless, stupid, and has no basis in any kind of scientific reason.

The "gateway" argument for cannabis is for morons like the tabloids who have nothing else to level against the drug, so they make up things which have no basis in science. To prove the gateway theory you'd have to test every drug against every other drug. Where is the gateway research for paracetamol, ecstasy, GHB, methadone, methadrone, 2CB, 2CI? It doesn't exist of course. Cannabis as a "gateway" drug has obviously never been proven scientifically - thank god, because it would need a theory then - scientifically how do you explain that one drug - just one, actually a very, very safe one, has this unique ability to make you take other drugs. Explain that one on a molecular level!

The only proven "gateway" for cannabis is the fact that is illegal and therefore a dealer is likely to sell other drugs as well. If cannabis were legal, this "gateway" link would not exist.

messi1 - try thinking before you post eh - that way you won't look like a complete moron.

doggydog wrote:
should bring back hanging for anyone dealing or growing the crap!

Get real mate and jog on! One minded people like who need to get a grip on the real world!

So they've caught no one, but got a nice tv and big sofa. Comfy rest room down at the police station then.

End the prohibition of cannabis.

Minimise all health and social harms.

Pull the rug from under organised crime.

Boost the UK economy by up to £9.3 billion per annum.

Permit the use of one of the safest and most effective medicines known to man.

Production of Hemp would drastically benefit the Global Warming Effect.

well said, i conquer, take a look at Holland, also Spain, and Switzerland. Well functioning societies, never hit by an economic recession.

Jack Herer wrote:

messi1 wrote:
Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

Biggest gateway drug there is?

Scientifically what exactly is a "gateway drug"? Not a fuddy duddy explanation - "it makes you take another drug innit" - but a scientific explanation how cannabis -itself a fairly inert substance - has this supposed unique ability to make someone take a completely different substance.

Does paracetamol make you take anadin? Does alcohol make you take GHB? Does heroin make you take ecstasy? The list is endless, pointless, stupid, and has no basis in any kind of scientific reason.

The "gateway" argument for cannabis is for morons like the tabloids who have nothing else to level against the drug, so they make up things which have no basis in science. To prove the gateway theory you'd have to test every drug against every other drug. Where is the gateway research for paracetamol, ecstasy, GHB, methadone, methadrone, 2CB, 2CI? It doesn't exist of course. Cannabis as a "gateway" drug has obviously never been proven scientifically - thank god, because it would need a theory then - scientifically how do you explain that one drug - just one, actually a very, very safe one, has this unique ability to make you take other drugs. Explain that one on a molecular level!

The only proven "gateway" for cannabis is the fact that is illegal and therefore a dealer is likely to sell other drugs as well. If cannabis were legal, this "gateway" link would not exist.

messi1 - try thinking before you post eh - that way you won't look like a complete moron.

Yes biggest gateway drug there is and I believe my knowledge of drugs is greater than yours as I WAS a heroin addict for almost 10 years and now work in drug rehabilitation where all of my clients started using cannabis, gateway drug? I think so yes. You clown, maybe you have smoked to much weed for you little brain to comprehend the simple facts. My point is hard drug users generally start with cannabis not that every cannabis users eventually use harder drugs. Fact. No proof? I see it every day so think my point is valid.

messi1 wrote:

Jack Herer wrote:

messi1 wrote: Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

Biggest gateway drug there is? Scientifically what exactly is a "gateway drug"? Not a fuddy duddy explanation - "it makes you take another drug innit" - but a scientific explanation how cannabis -itself a fairly inert substance - has this supposed unique ability to make someone take a completely different substance. Does paracetamol make you take anadin? Does alcohol make you take GHB? Does heroin make you take ecstasy? The list is endless, pointless, stupid, and has no basis in any kind of scientific reason. The "gateway" argument for cannabis is for morons like the tabloids who have nothing else to level against the drug, so they make up things which have no basis in science. To prove the gateway theory you'd have to test every drug against every other drug. Where is the gateway research for paracetamol, ecstasy, GHB, methadone, methadrone, 2CB, 2CI? It doesn't exist of course. Cannabis as a "gateway" drug has obviously never been proven scientifically - thank god, because it would need a theory then - scientifically how do you explain that one drug - just one, actually a very, very safe one, has this unique ability to make you take other drugs. Explain that one on a molecular level! The only proven "gateway" for cannabis is the fact that is illegal and therefore a dealer is likely to sell other drugs as well. If cannabis were legal, this "gateway" link would not exist. messi1 - try thinking before you post eh - that way you won't look like a complete moron.

Yes biggest gateway drug there is and I believe my knowledge of drugs is greater than yours as I WAS a heroin addict for almost 10 years and now work in drug rehabilitation where all of my clients started using cannabis, gateway drug? I think so yes. You clown, maybe you have smoked to much weed for you little brain to comprehend the simple facts. My point is hard drug users generally start with cannabis not that every cannabis users eventually use harder drugs. Fact. No proof? I see it every day so think my point is valid.

Not 100% valid tho, I do and know people who have smoked it for many years and haven't gone onto harder drugs. People who take herion in the the first place are brain dead as you dont need a degree to know you'll soon be mugging old ladys and breaking in peoples houses. People also take cannabis for pain relief, does this mean they will start racking lines and chasing the dragon??? Most young people are hitting methadrone now as a gateway drug anyway and you should know this in your profession. Normal everyday hard working people smoke cannabis and do no harm to themselves and others. Its a valid comment but not as accurate as you first think.

messi1 wrote:

Jack Herer wrote:

messi1 wrote:
Great sense coming from the comments above, let's legalise it and get everyone smoking the biggest gateway drug there is. Now the same people who smoke the DRUG, how many can honestly put their hand up and say it's the only drug they have taken?? Thought so.

Biggest gateway drug there is?

Scientifically what exactly is a "gateway drug"? Not a fuddy duddy explanation - "it makes you take another drug innit" - but a scientific explanation how cannabis -itself a fairly inert substance - has this supposed unique ability to make someone take a completely different substance.

Does paracetamol make you take anadin? Does alcohol make you take GHB? Does heroin make you take ecstasy? The list is endless, pointless, stupid, and has no basis in any kind of scientific reason.

The "gateway" argument for cannabis is for morons like the tabloids who have nothing else to level against the drug, so they make up things which have no basis in science. To prove the gateway theory you'd have to test every drug against every other drug. Where is the gateway research for paracetamol, ecstasy, GHB, methadone, methadrone, 2CB, 2CI? It doesn't exist of course. Cannabis as a "gateway" drug has obviously never been proven scientifically - thank god, because it would need a theory then - scientifically how do you explain that one drug - just one, actually a very, very safe one, has this unique ability to make you take other drugs. Explain that one on a molecular level!

The only proven "gateway" for cannabis is the fact that is illegal and therefore a dealer is likely to sell other drugs as well. If cannabis were legal, this "gateway" link would not exist.

messi1 - try thinking before you post eh - that way you won't look like a complete moron.

Yes biggest gateway drug there is and I believe my knowledge of drugs is greater than yours as I WAS a heroin addict for almost 10 years and now work in drug rehabilitation where all of my clients started using cannabis, gateway drug? I think so yes. You clown, maybe you have smoked to much weed for you little brain to comprehend the simple facts. My point is hard drug users generally start with cannabis not that every cannabis users eventually use harder drugs. Fact. No proof? I see it every day so think my point is valid.

Every one of your clients undoubtedly started with alcohol or tobacco you goon. It doesn't make them gateway drugs though.

There is no such thing as a gateway drug. Your argument that cannabis is a gateway drug is simply because heroin addicts you knew tried it first. But they took alcohol and tobacco before that though, so why are you not calling those gateway drugs? Alcohol and tobacco are far bigger gateway drugs according to your own argument you moron - alcohol and tobacco are the gateway drugs to cannabis according to your own skewed logic. Why are you not decrying these drugs?

The point is cannabis is no more a "gateway" drug than alcohol or tobacco. One drug doesn't just make you take another drug;

"ooh this ecstasy is good, but I suddenly feel the urge to take crack", or "wow, this tramadol is the biz, but I have an overriding urge to take some LSD"!

There is no such basis in science for such a tangential urge to take something completely different because you've taken something else. It's levelled against cannabis because there is nothing else to level against it, but even then the logic behind that claim doesn't stack up at all.

If the gateway argument is your objection to cannabis, then you should be campaigning for all you are worth to get it legalised, because the only proven, and therefore, very real gateway link from cannabis is because it is illegal and dealers tend to be able to supply more than one drug.

Why do you not want that to change if you don't like the supposed gateway link from cannabis? Why don't you want it legal if you truly want to stop the gateway link?

Surely you want to prevent any more heroin addicts than there needs to be. Why aren't you pushing to have cannabis legalised then? You want to the gateway element from cannabis which potential leads to more heroin addicts? The only proven scientific way is to stop it's illegal status, and therefore disassociate it with far more harmful drugs.

Your own logic dictates you should be campaigning to have cannabis legalised. Why aren't you?