According to the webiste below, cocaine is class A (not class B). Also, it says "up to 5 years" for possession of a class B drug. I am in law school in the US, not the UK, and at least here you can normally plead down on your first offense... and even if you don't plead down, you rarely will get the maximum sentence unless you are a repeat offender. The only way to know for sure what kind of sentences are given to first time offenders for class B possession is to talk to a lawyer who knows from experience.

That being said, I think it is absolutely ridiculous to increase the punishment for cannabis. If anything changes it should be decreased because it is so much less harmful then alcohol. The date rape drug is class C in the UK... how can it actually be said cannabis is more dangerous then that!

There must be an awful lot of idiots in the world. That's all I know.

Class A, B and C drugs | Home Office