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Drugs leak sows policy confusion in the UK
(Kamal Ahmed, The Observer, July 7, 2002)
The Government's drugs policy was mired in confusion last night after a leaked letter revealed that David Blunkett is seeking to 'get tough' with dealers in cannabis by doubling jail sentences. . . . An announcement will be made this week that the Government is to lay an order before the House of Commons moving cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug. It will come as part of the official response to the ground-breaking Home Affairs Select Committee report on drugs earlier this year, which called for the decriminalisation of cannabis. . . . But the letter shows that the Home Secretary will also legislate to double the maximum length of sentence dealers will serve from five to 10 years, putting dealing in cannabis on a par with serious gun crime and violent assault. . . . Drugs campaigners said the new power would defeat the object of reclassifying cannabis, because the police would still be wasting resources picking up users. . . . 'Government takes the supply and dealing of cannabis very seriously and accordingly it intends to bring forward legislation to increase the maximum penalty for supplying and dealing in Class C drugs from 5 to 10 years' imprisonment.' . . . Blunkett is also about to announce a campaign aimed at young people, warning about the dangers of drugs - particularly cannabis. . . . [Hagerty comment: The UK takes one step forward and six steps back. Although there are no known deaths due to cannabis, the government continues to marshal it's resources against this substance while continuing its support of alcohol and tobacco. It looks like the U.S. isn't the only place where the lunatics are running the asylum.

posted by LoZo 11:41 AM