05-04-2008, 12:07
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0utrider
is is singing in the rain
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Rethink on drugs due
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The public debate about drugs is welcome if we, as a country, are to find a way forward.
The Prime Minister's instinct is to reclassify cannabis and impose tougher penalties to send out a strong signal.
Experts on the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs seem to favour the government's 2002 decision to make it a class C drug.
We hope this debate has just begun. Advertisement
The Conservative party's demands that Gordon Brown should just do something now are barely more than ill-conceived student politics by David Cameron.
What counts is getting the decision right - and a wider inquiry is needed, perhaps also looking at the current bracketing of ecstasy with cocaine and heroin.
Decades of criminalising cannabis users has failed and perhaps the way forward is to treat this drug as a health education issue, like alcohol and tobacco.
Prejudice and party point-scoring must not be allowed to get in the way of rational policy-making.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/voiceof...9520-20372169/
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