http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7386889.stm Quote:
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said cannabis is to be reclassified as a Class B drug against officials' advice.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says cannabis should stay a class C drug, the category to which it was downgraded under Tony Blair.
But Home Secretary Jacqui Smith highlighted the use of "skunk" - a stronger form of the drug - as she said she wanted cannabis laws strengthened.
The Tories want cannabis to be Class B. Lib Dems want ministers to heed advic
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Typical New Labour MO: they spent a load of money commissioning a report into the dangers of drugs so they could use it as the basis of their drug law. They looked into medical risk, accidents under the influence, social harm... everything.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/h...rugsreport.pdf
There was just one problem - it listed Alcohol as more harmful than some Class A's, and Tobacco was fairly high on the list too.
Hence, they threw the evidence out of the window, and just made the safe political move. In the mean time, a bunch of kids see the Government sponsored drug information site -
http://www.talktofrank.com/home_html.aspx - telling them a load of stuff about Cannabis that the government scientists have already shown isn't true, and ignore the rest of the advice, and take drugs anyway.
Score!
