Drugs: Our Community, Your Say

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A re****t on the 2008 Drug Strategy Consultation and Views on Reclassifying
Cannabis to a Class B drug. 56-page PDF [Home Office, UK].

http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/publication-search/cannabis/cannabis-response?view=Binary


So much for the press re****ts that the majority of respondents to this
survey wanted reclassification to class B. The figures are:

Reclassify B: 121/639	19%
Leave C: 278/639	44%
Legalise: 124/639	19%
Undecided: 116/639	18%

Only 19% wanted reclassification. A listening Government, my arse!

7. The Government is consulting on whether to make cannabis a Class B drug
(it is currently Class C) which could mean tougher penalties. What are
your views?
						Yes -		No 

				Nos.		Reclassify to	leave as

Category of respondent1		Responding	'B'		'C'	Legalise	Undecided

Health Professionals		19		3		7	-		9

Statutory Partner****ps		77		25		27	-		25

Policing Agencies		27		19		4	-		4

Local Authorities		50		13		22	-		15

Personal Responses		399		48		188	118		45

Drug Service Providers		29		7		14	2		6

Charity & Voluntary Group	23		4		9	1		9

Lobby/Activist/Pressure

Groups				15 		2		7	3		3

 Total				639		121		278	124		116

-- 
Dr John Watson
Baker Street