Gordon Brown's support for reclassifying cannabis as a Class B drug is obviously welcome, although Class A is in fact the appropriate status for this extremely dangerous substance, accompanied by a general crackdown on the possession of drugs, including a mandatory sentence of three months for a second offence, six months for a third offence, one year for a fourth offence, and so forth.
What a contrast with the record of David Cameron, who signed the Select Committee report that led to the downgrading of cannabis in the first place, unlike his Tory colleague on that Committee, Angela Watkinson.
The restoration of cannabis to Class B will be a humiliation for Tony Blair, but that does not matter, because Blair's party has already made him go. It will also be a humiliation for David Cameron. So, will Cameron's party make him go, too? If not, why not?
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The Tories are campaigning for reclassification. So it won't be a humiliation for them at all.
ReplyDeleteThen it's a double one. Cameron signed the report calling for downgrading. Another Tory on the committee didn't.
ReplyDeleteWhat basis do you have to describe cannabis as a 'dangerous drug'. Like crossing the road, riding a bike, or driving a car, or being alive for that matter, cannabis has dangers. To bracket it with heroin or cocaine in class A, or amphetamine in class B is plain silly. But then so is the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteAre the Police and the Government "plain silly" as well, then?
ReplyDeleteYou've lost. And you're going to be losing a lot more. Deal with it.