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UK: Judge issues warning to cannabis dealers
Ananova Wednesday 25 Sep 2002 A senior judge has warned that the imminent reclassification of cannabis is not a green light to dealers. Judge Rodney McKinnon says he accepts a degree of "confusion" surrounds the question of possession. But he says those who make money out of what would remain an illegal drug actually face tougher penalties. He stated: "There may be different views about cannabis, but there are not different views about supplying cannabis, and supplying drugs is a very serious matter." Jailing cannabis dealer Laurence Leo for six months at London's Southwark Crown Court he continued: "People must recognise that supplying cannabis is going to be treated by the courts as a very serious offence." Earlier the court heard how the 27-year-old's illicit trade was uncovered in March during a police swoop on his flat in Drury Lane, central London. A pair of scales was found along with a carrier bag, which had been shoved under a bedside table containing 41 separate wraps of herbal cannabis with a street value of £385. However, officers later estimated that Leo had already sold a thousand pounds worth of the drug, which is shortly due to be downgraded from class B to class C. In a plea for leniency, Paul Walker, defending, asked the judge to bear in mind the forthcoming change in the law in dealing with his client. Judge McKinnon said: "It is significant, but the policy means that sentences are to be increased as to dealing."
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