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UK: Cannabis -- The Facts

Marc Baker

Wales on Sunday

Sunday 24 Apr 2005

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Cannabis was downgraded from a Class B to a Class C drug last year.

Despite re-classification, it is still illegal in the UK.

Home Secretary Charles Clarke has ordered a review of the decision to
downgrade cannabis, as new studies suggest a strong link between the drug
and mental illness.

Cannabis has been used medicinally for over 5,000 years. A Labour
government banned its medical use in 1971.

There are 88,000 MS sufferers in the UK, many have used or use cannabis for
its therapeutic effects.

 

 

 

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