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Divided over decriminalisation
The Guardian
Saturday 07 Jul 2001 For Mo Mowlam, former Labour Cabinet Office minister responsible for drug policy. In favour of the legalisation of cannabis, regulated with government-tested products taxed in the same way as alcohol and tobacco and the money raised used to fund the NHS Lady (Helena) Kennedy QC, barrister and broadcaster. Thinks time has come to decriminalise and that senior police officers and practitioners at the Bar are of the same view Paul Flynn, MP. Believes the time is right for possession and cultivation to be decriminalised with penalties for trafficking only against importation from outside Britain Francis Wilkinson, former chief constable of Gwent police. Launched a pamphlet which suggested that the drug should be sold to people aged 18 and over in off-licences, in the same way as cigarettes Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrat leader. Supports decriminalisation. Has called for a royal commission Professor Donald Macleod, principal, Free Church College. Believes cannabis should be downgraded from class B and might be made fully legal Against Kenneth Clarke, Tory former home secretary. Has said cannabis is "more intoxicating than alcohol and more carcinogenic than tobacco" John Prescott, deputy prime minister. Has always been a hardliner on drugs and believes that the use of cannabis leads to the use of other drugs British Medical Association. In favour of looking at research into cannabinoids to see how they can be used safely and effectively for medical use, but against legalising drug for recreational use because of the health risks Tony Blair, prime minister. Believes decriminalisation would send out the wrong message to children Jack Straw, foreign secretary. Believes cannabis is more carcinogenic than tobacco and wrote a pamphlet in 1967 against its legalisation Lord Tebbit, former Tory chairman. Believes a zero tolerance approach to drugs is the only approach
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