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UK: Pot Smoking To Be Made Legal
Steve Atkinson The Mirror
Friday 12 Sep 2003 SMOKING cannabis will no longer be against the law under new Government plans. From January, recreational users of the drug will be free from prosecution, unless they are pushers, it emerged yesterday. Cannabis will be downgraded to a Class C drug - although people smoking near schools and playgrounds will face arrest and have the cannabis confiscated. No further action will be taken unless there are complaints from locals, evidence of repeated possession or the smoking is in public. But anti-drugs campaigners fear Britain's softly-softly approach will encourage youngsters to try the drug. Recent surveys reveal nearly 50 per cent of teenagers have already experimented with cannabis. Home Secretary David Blunkett's plans follow a campaign by recreational users who argue the drug is less harmful than alcohol. And many doctors claim the use of cannabis helps relieve the suffering or those with diseases like multiple sclerosis.
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