Franklyn Addo
Three years ago, frightful details emerged of the strip-searching of a 15-year-old Black schoolgirl by police officers in Hackney. At the time, I was working in the borough as part of … [read more]
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Nov 9 (Reuters) – Pot producer Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.TO) reported a smaller second-quarter core loss on Wednesday, helped by higher sales of its cannabis-infused drinks and cost-cutting measures. … [read more]
US cannabis policy has been thrust to the fore after President Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon for Americans federally convicted of possessing small amounts of the drug. Mr Biden also urged govern… [read more]
Black girls are almost three times more likely than their white counterparts to be subjected by the Met police to the most invasive form of strip-search, figures suggest. Between 2017 and 2022, 110 … [read more]
The city of Amsterdam is geo-targeting a campaign to tell young British men wanting a messy weekend to stay away. Research has suggested these Britons aged 18-35, and Dutch men of a similar age, ten… [read more]
The European drugs regulator says it does not want a purpose-built red-light district near its post-Brexit headquarters in Amsterdam. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it fears “nuisance, dr… [read more]
A Russian court has rejected an appeal by US basketball star Brittney Griner against her “traumatic” nine-year jail term for drugs charges. The court near Moscow upheld the sentence, with the state … [read more]
