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UK: No soft line on cannabis
This Is Cornwall
Thursday 29 Nov 2001 Police in Cornwall are to maintain a tough stance against cannabis, despite a softening in attitudes towards the drug elsewhere in the country. Malcolm Platts, a drugs specialist detective constable with the Devon and Cornwall force, said people caught with cannabis would still be arrested. The statement follows a number of calls from members of the public unsure about the current legality of the class B drug. DC Platts said: 'It is important to clear up any confusion, especially concerning public perception. 'There has been no change to the law and officers will continue to adhere to force policies and national guidelines, as they have always done. 'Possession of cannabis still carries the power of arrest,' he said. Police in Brixton, London, earlier this year stopped arresting people caught with cannabis as senior officers decided to channel resources into tackling other types of crime. And Home Secretary David Blunkett announced plans to re-classify cannabis from class B to class C status, making possession a non-arrestable offence. It is illegal to grow, produce, supply or possess cannabis except under special Home Office licence for research. It is also an offence to allow premises to be used for growing, producing, supplying or using cannabis.
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