Thank you for your e-mail regarding my Parties views on cannabis.
My colleagues and I continue to oppose the classification of cannabis
as
a class C drug. We believe that there is too much conflicting evidence
to deem cannabis as a safe drug as maybe suggested by the
re-classification.
Further my colleagues and I are concerned that cannabis can act as a
gateway to harder drugs. By taking away the stigma and punishment
involved in taking cannabis we are putting more and more people at risk
of taking more dangerous and addictive drugs. We have welcomed the
government's willingness to spear head a new advertisement and
information campaign however, the fact that they have not taken the
decision to re-classify cannabis as a class B drug makes it largely
self
defeating.
Thank you for your questions on this issue and if you have any other
queries on this or any other subject then do not hesitate in contacting
me.
Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Evans MEP (Wales)
Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with the U.S.
Not very good one this time but its a reply all the same.
demonangel :rasta: