Re: Marijuana Further Criminalized in UK - Despite Browns Objections

On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:43 GMT, bw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (B1ackwater) wrote:

>BBC
>Cannabis is to be reclassified as a class B drug, Jacqui Smith has
>said.
>
>The home secretary said that because of the "increased strength" of
>some types, she wanted to reverse Tony Blair's 2004 downgrading of the
>drug to class C.
>
>She highlighted "uncertainty at the least" on the future impact on
>young people's mental health from cannabis.
>
>Her statement to MPs came despite the Advisory Council on the Misuse
>of Drugs' review - commissioned by Gordon Brown - saying it should
>stay class C.
>
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>   Gee ... and here we thought they were wising-up in the UK. 
>
>   Looks like "Drug-Wars Forever", even in the supposedly
>   sensible countries. 
>
>   Guess they needed more excuses to grind the poor and the
>   immigrants under the boot-heel ... 

I think you'll find that Brown is behind this, even though his own
commission found against the case for reclassification.

It's pretty well know that he personally wanted it done.