UK Drugs Reclassification

[Fear the Reefer]

Just wondering if anyone else watched the news yesterday and seen the report about the call from certain politicians to reclassify drugs according to the harm they cause to health, society, family etc. Good news is that tobacco and alcohol are classed above cannabis, lsd and ecstasy.

Here is a link to it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5230006.stm

[cannabis campbell]

This could be good or bad.....

[cannabis campbell]

WTF they're going to make alcohol illegal????

(makes sense anyway coz alcohol kills more people than all illegal drugs combined together and multiplied by 1000)

[rollersound]

Ha this story was so funny. No way would this ever happen...nice thought though to fill in a 5minute gap in the news :rasta:

[SinisterK]

In do time my friends, the world is constantly changing. People can try and slow it down, but it's inevitable.

[chisme]

this could go either way for us brits...like cannacampbell says... but even if it goes tits up us smokers will be back in spot 1 right? bying illegally just cos they change the writting in a couple of book doesnt mean all shotters of london r gonna close up shop.

cant affect us except good really

[LordSmaug]

That chart represents the current drug scheduling, it wasn't saying that cannabis is more or less harmful just that it's unscheduled.

And in no part of the article does it suggest that they would make alcohol illegal. It points out the oppossite actually.

"That's not to say there's any argument that alcohol should be banned but it does give one a feel for the relative harm".

It's good to know that at least some people in some other government have their heads on straight. I hope they get a new scheduling system through, and I hope that the rest of the world follows their lead if they do it.

[Tom Swierzbinski]

Well, the government only tend to listen to you if you have thorough scientific backing... and this does.
It will take a few more years yet, but either by scientific proof or pressure from groups like NORML, Herb WILL be reclassified. I remember hearing a story somewhere that the government was thinking of creating another class - class D - does this story have anything to do with that? Class D drugs would be regulated, like tobacco and alcohol. In other words...

COFFEE SHOPS! :D

[DubStar]

Hope this happens for you guys......London being the new Amsterdam..Woohoo

[Cas]

i think in 2008, the democrats will win the election, and that'll be the beginning of a beautiful new era for cannabis.

[shilling]

For what's happening in UK law, some minister asked a few months ago what is happening about the reclassification and the response is just typical politician bullshit http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldhansrd/vo050712/text/50712-01.htm#column_990

Also, the last report (http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199798/ldselect/ldsctech/151/15101.htm) done into cannabis was in 1998:

[IanCurtisWishlist]

if weed is sold in London one day, as it is in Amsterdam now, then I think i'll definately just move there.:D

[Zoosh]

Ive heard fucked up stories about Ectasy, not sure why thats so low down.

[WEED_UK]

I do ectasy fairly regularly 5-6 on a night out , still here!!

The problem is again peoples lack of infomation on drugs , yes if you do 5-6 E`s at once yes you will die!!!!!! if you take 2-3 legall tablets they can kill u....but it doesn`t happen often (because they have reccomended dosage on the label to keep you safe....................Why do people force people on e to drink lots of water....its stupid, just have a swig off water when your thirsty and do a half a pill if its first time doing E to test the strenght....
They say on a weekend in uk 3,000,000 E`s are consumed and how often do you hear of somone dying of E overdose
(99.9% of the time its from mixing drugs)
Yet last nite in norfolk uk a 17 y/o boy was pissed in his car and ploughed into a group off girls/boys standing outside a shop killing 1 girl and fucking the rest up mentally for life.............Cunt........But lets keep selling alcohol and people locked up in our overcrowed prison service for a shitty 1/4 of solid............this world is wrong

[lsdreamz]

If you take acid ecstasy and weed u have a well balanced diet.