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James Reynolds

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So they finally got cannabis upgraded to a class B Drug and now sits proudly right alongside Amphetamines, Methylphenidate (Ritalin) and Pholcodine. Class B really is the odd ball category, up in A you’ve got the heavy weights like Cocain and Heroin and in C you have all the things that are barely a danger anyway like tranquilizers.

In fact, for a good laugh, go check out the Home Office website which still lists Cannabis as a Class C drug

The thing that upsets me about this is isn’t the fact the government is oppressing our rights, after all it could be worse – We could be Holland (A story which the BBC seems utterly incapable of reporting on) but rather they’re doing it without consider the facts and the reclassification has done nothing but make them utter hypocrites.

If we consider the two legal narcotics Cigarrettes and Alcohol to be the level at which something is legal – Damaging and addictive but over a long time – then how can anyone justify Marijuana being a classified narcotic at all? One of the supposed reasons is “Some users of Marijuana suffer negative psychological effects” well guess what? All people who drink get drunk and have hangovers and ALL people who smoke develop lung damage in themselves and others.

It’s been widely recognised by doctors around the world that Marijuana whilst still mildly harmful is generally less so that Tobacco and Alcohol let alone worthy of the B classification.

This is just another way for a stumbling government to win points in the Lords but if i’m honest, it feels like a tax on the young and unoppressed.

Fucking Gordon Brown, ruined our country.

Regards,
JamesR.