New Labour - Jacqui Smith & drugs.

So they have reclassified cannabis, well thats going to resolve all the problems here in the UK...

Professor Colin Blakemore, the former head of the Medical Research Council, said that cannabis use had fallen since 2004 and restoring the drug to class B status would be unlikely to protect those people who were most vulnerable, but would increase their chance of getting a criminal record. "The confusion over cannabis highlights the need for a proper overhaul of the present classification system, which the public neither understands or respects," Blakemore said.

The shadow home secretary, David Davis, welcomed the reclassification decision, but asked why it had taken so long.

"The government's lax approach to drugs is the hallmark of our broken society under Labour," he told MPs.

"The UK has the worst level of overall drug abuse in Europe. Drug crimes have increased by almost a half under this government."

Cannabis was downgraded from class B under Tony Blair, but Gordon Brown announced a review of its status soon after becoming prime minister.

The Liberal Democrats' home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, said it was "crazy" to ignore the government's scientific advisers by raising the maximum prison sentence for cannabis possession to five years. "Cannabis use is falling, as is the incidence of psychosis," he said. "We need public education, not public flagellation."

I wonder if Home Sec. and kebab muncher - I wonder if she had the munchies if you get the ot so sutle hint...- would have been so happy to push this policy had she been caught whilst having a smoke of the evil weed. Although the best evidece that I have seen that it damages the brain is the policies put forward by dire Home. Sec. Jacqui Smith...

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