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UK: U-Turn on Cannabis Cautions

Dean Rousewell Dean.Rousewell

Sunday People

Sunday 19 Aug 2007

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U-TURN ON CANNABIS CAUTIONS
EXCLUSIVE No let-offs by police to beat drug use rise .

Cannabis users are to be hit in a new Government crackdown on ALL
illegal drugs, The People can reveal.

A police let-off will no longer be an option under new hard-line
proposals being discussed by ministers and senior police.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who admitted smoking cannabis at
university, is considering a U-turn to combat a rise in drug abuse,
particularly among the young.

New figures showed that police cautions for cannabis possession have
more than doubled since it was downgraded from a Class B to a Class C
substance in 2004.

Scientists now say the drug causes more long-term physical and mental
damage than previously thought.

Smokers caught with even the smallest amount will no longer get away
with a let-off.

A Whitehall aide said: "The tide seems to be turning against cannabis
and the softly, softly approach to its possession."

The pressure group Talking About Cannabis has told ministers: "Going
back to the original classification will send out a clear message that
smoking cannabis in child and teenage years is highly dangerous."

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