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UK: Cannabis should remain Class C, says Advisory Council Subhajit Banerjee The Telegraph Thursday 03 Apr 2008 should remain a Class C drug, creating a dilemma for Gordon Brown who has indicated he wants to clamp down on use of the drug. The Prime Minister give his backing for cannabis to be reclassified as a more serious drug - Class B - at a press conference earlier this week. Mr Brown insists it is important to send out a message to young people that experimenting with cannabis is wrong. "Given the changing nature of the stock of cannabis that is coming into the country and greater damage that that appears to be doing to people who use it, there is a stronger case for sending out a signal that cannabis is not only illegal but it is unacceptable," he said But the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs appears to go against this view. Though the council refused to confirm its conclusions, the BBC reports that the decision was taken at a private meeting of the council where new research from Keele University about links between cannabis and mental illness was discussed. The study reportedly found no evidence that rising cannabis use in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s led to more cases of schizophrenia later on. Mr Brown's predecessor, Tony Blair, had controversially downgraded cannabis to Class C in a move which is thought to have encouraged greater use among the young. Class C drugs include steroids and some prescription anti-depressants and though possession of them can lead to a two-year sentence, charges are rarely brought against those found in possession of small quantities of the drug. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/03/ncannabis103.xml
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