take an early wicket in their hunt for victory in the second ashes test. and in half an hour bbc newsbeat follows three mps to canada the only g7 country to fully legalise cannabis on a fact finding mission to decide whether britain should do the same. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, has said very significant steps have been taken in the past three weeks to prepare for a no deal brexit. he was responding to leaked government documents that warn of food and medicine shortages if the uk leaves without an agreement. mr gove, the minister in charge for preparations for a no deal brexit, said the government plans, known as ‘0peration yellowhammer‘, were for a worst case scenario, and the government has taken very significant steps in the last three weeks to accelerate brexit planning . 0ur political correspondent mark lobel reports. borisjohnson has been getting his message out on law and order, the nhs and no deal preparations. this week he will enter the
at every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. billy s case led to a big change at the end of 2018. medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. globally, where that s happened, it s often not been long before recreational use of the drug has followed. take, for example, canada. it legalised cannabis in october last year, the first major western country to do so. that s good weed. with cannabis the uk s most popular illegal drug, a group of british mps and charities have come to canada to see what some call the world s biggest drugs experiment. have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself? i never saw any volume of cannabis! so, should the uk follow suit? in a couple of weeks, we re going to be following a first of its kind three mps from across the political spectrum, heading to canada to see how legalising cannabis has worked out. but, first, i want to find out where they sta
legalised cannabis, but could britain do the same? in this special documentary, three mps go on a trip to canada to find out how legalising the drug has worked. and a warning this programme contains adult themes. you could go to prison for a very long time in britain if you ve got anything like this. there s been a big shift in attitudes to cannabis in the past few years. our current laws are a disaster. you might remember billy caldwell. his mum fought for him to get access to cannabis oil to help with his severe epilepsy. at every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. billy s case led to a big change at the end of 2018. medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. globally, where that s happened, it s often not been long before recreational use of the drug has followed. take, for example, canada. it legalised cannabis in october last year, the first major western country that s good
we are going to play newsbeat. ca nada s legalised marijuana so three mps go on a cannabis trip to see if britain could do the same. it was the first major western country to go fully legal, but has it worked? this programme contains adult themes. you could go to prison for a very long time in britain if you ve got anything like this. there s been a big shift in attitudes to cannabis in the past few years. our current laws are a disaster. you might remember billy caldwell. his mum fought for him to get access to cannabis oil to help with his severe epilepsy. at every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. billy s case led to a big change at the end of 2018. medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. globally, where that s happened, it s often not been long before recreational use of the drug has followed. take, for example, canada. it legalised cannabis in october last year, the first
now on bbc news: after canada legalised marijuana, three mps went there to see if britain could do the same. canada was the first major western country to go fully legal, but has it worked? this programme contains adult themes. you could go to prison for a very long time in britain if you ve got anything like this. there s been a big shift in attitudes to cannabis in the past few years. our current laws are a disaster. you might remember billy caldwell. his mum fought for him to get access to cannabis oil to help with his severe epilepsy. at every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. billy s case led to a big change at the end of 2018. medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. globally, where that s happened, it s often not been long before recreational use of the drug has followed. take, for example, canada. it legalised cannabis in october last year, the first major western countr