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Labour refuses to budge on cannabis reform
Alun Buffry Letters, Daily Express
Wednesday 05 Sep 2001 In your report on your NOP poll on the decriminalisation of cannabis ("Most back cannabis reforms", Daily Express, September 3), you correctly state that home Secretary David Blunkett has called for an "adult, intelligent debate" on the issue. However, last week in Sheffield the Home Secretary reiterated the New Labour stance that there will be no change in the law and it had no plans to legalise any drugs. So why does Mr Blunkett want a debate when the result will in any case be ignored by the Government? Labour has made it clear it does not want a Royal Commission because, it says, it would not legalise cannabis even if a commission recommended it. It has already ignored recommendations on cannabis use from the House of Lords Select Committee and the Police Foundation. It is time we asked the government what its true motives are for such a stance against easing the law in the face of both public and expert opinion. People no longer believe that it is to protect health. Alun Buffry Legalise Cannabis Alliance
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