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UK: Cannabis Changes Wrong, Says UN Richard Ford The Times
Wednesday 26 Feb 2003 DAVID BLUNKETT'S decision to relax the law on cannabis is criticised by a UN anti-drugs panel today for sending the wrong signal to the rest of the world. The UN says that the Home Secretary's move would damage Britain's health and could increase cannabis supplies on the streets. Introducing the panel's annual report, Hamid Ghodse also claimed that downgrading the drug from Class B to Class C would undermine efforts to curb cannabis production in Africa and set a bad example to young people in developing countries. Asked if Mr Blunkett's decision was a bad message to the world, Professor Ghodse, Professor of Addictive Behaviour at St George's Hospital, London, said: 'Indeed, indeed...developing countries are very conscious that their people, particularly their youth, follow the sort of statements which pervade this country. 'Therefore normalisation of drug use might appear as something to be desired.'
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