UK: CANNABIS GROWN AT PALACE
Date: Sun, 11
Jun 2000 09:59:15 -0700
Subject: UK: Cannabis Grown At Palace
Pubdate: Sun, 11 Jun 2000
Source: Sunday Times (UK) Copyright: 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd.
Contact: editor@sunday-times.co.uk
Website: http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/
CANNABIS has been found growing in Buckingham Palace. A small plant was found yesterday in a ground floor page's kitchen after a member of the palace staff reportedly alerted the royalty protection squad. Officers removed the plant and it was sent to a laboratory for analysis. Scotland Yard said last night that, after a brief investigation, no arrests had been made and no further action was being taken. Police are said to have interviewed staff to see if there was a widespread drugs problem at the palace.
Queen Victoria was prescribed cannabis
It was the invention of the syringe towards the end of the 19th century that marked an end to its widespread medicinal use.
Injecting drugs meant they could take effect a lot faster. Cannabis cannot be dissolved in water, so therefore cannot be injected.
The arrival of other drugs, such as aspirin, also contributed to the reduction in the drug's use.
Cannabis was made illegal in the UK in 1928. It followed an international drugs conference in Geneva when an Egyptian delegate convinced everybody that it was a threat to society and as dangerous as opium.
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