Oldham drug dealing duo jailed after GMP seize £300,000 worth of cannabis
An Oldham cannabis dealing duo has been jailed for a total of six years and nine months after GMP seized £300,000 worth of the drug from one of their homes.
Cannabis debate: Politicians and campaigners on highs and lows of legalisation
After speaking to dozens upon dozens of people, most notably former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell and the Pirate Party’s Loz Kaye, to get their views on the drugs legalisation debate, MM lays bare the truths of these conversations.
I never wanted this: Chorlton chronic pain sufferer forced to smoke cannabis to survive
The young Chorlton man petitioning for cannabis oil on the NHS to treat his chronic pain says he never wanted his life to be like this.
The British Amsterdam? Devo-Manc ‘should be used to legalise drugs’
A pro-cannabis campaigner is renewing calls for the decriminalisation of the Class B drug in the wake of Manchester’s devolution deal with Westminster.
Drug-fuelled Oldham killer ‘enjoyed’ being tasered after stabbing partner, court hears
A drug-fuelled killer who was shot with a Taser gun by police minutes after he stabbed his girlfriend in her Oldham home said, ‘I enjoyed that. You need more volts’, a court heard today.
Kerry Katona’s ex dodges jail time for running cannabis farm from Bolton attic
Reality TV star Kerry Katona’s ex-husband escaped jail yesterday after he admitted running a £50,000 cannabis farm from his attic to pay off his drug debts to Bolton Crown Court.
VIDEO: Blazing a trail… cannabis legalisation debate
As cannabis gains recognition for its medical properties, and with four American states having legalised the drug, will the UK decriminalise weed?
Judge gets box of chocs as ‘thank you’ from Moston drug duo… after they walk free
Judge Robert Atherton was approached at the bench and passed the box of sweets by Dale Anderson, 25, and 22-year-old Emma Oliver as they walked out of the dock.
No need for pot: Bolton duo offer hemp seeds for Brits to scatter across forests in bid to free the weed
A Bolton business duo are trying to show the world there is more to the hemp seed than its cannabis roots suggest.
The pro-seeds of crime: Jail for Manchester cannabis farmer whose £100,000 empire plan goes up in smoke
Wesley Keith Coulding, 36, previously of Hattersley Road West, Manchester, sowed the seeds of a drug empire, but was stopped in its tracks before the plants could fully flourish
Baked: £150k cannabis haul seized in derelict Oldham bakery used as distribution hub to cause ‘untold harm’
More than 15 kilos of cannabis, with an estimated street value of £150,000, has been discovered in a disused bakery in Oldham.