Originally Posted by humedi
the situation in england as it stands is that PM gordon brown (unelected, took office with his own agenda in mind) will press on with his efforts to reschedule ganj from a class C drug to a class B drug. it shouldn't be class anything.
In upgrading cannabis, he is expected to go against the expert opinion of his OWN advisors, who recommend cannabis remains class C.
Aside from the fact that the medical community contiues to be ignored, to further add salt to the wound, one of the reasons given for reclassification is tougher penalties for dealers.
well, as it stands under class C dealers get upto 14 yrs max, users get upto 2 yrs. whereas under class B dealers would still get 14 yrs, except me and you would get 5 years. THE CHANGE TARGETS THE USERS JUST AS MUCH AS DEALERS
Also, G.Brown says the reason for this is to send the message to youth that cannabis is dangerous and harmful 'just like alcohol' - despite this bein bollocks WHAT POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATION CAN THEY HAVE FOR ALLOWING ALCOHOL BUT NOT WEED
I am so detached and disilusioned with this government at the moment it truly is crap if Brown gets his way