UK: Home Secretary considers upgrading Cannabis to class A drug amid concerns over evidence linking it to psychosis, cancer and birth defects...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman considers upgrading cannabis to class A amid concerns over evidence linking it to psychosis, cancer and birth defects

The Home Secretary is considering making cannabis a Class A drug over concerns that it is a 'gateway' to other harder drugs and causes medical conditions including cancer and psychosis.

Ms Braverman is said to be ideologically opposed to the decriminalisation of cannabis, telling close allies she believes it sends a 'cultural' signal that use of the drug is acceptable behaviour, The Times reports.

She is also said to be concerned at the evidence linking the drug to serious mental and physical health issues, including psychosis, cancer and birth defects.

Cannabis is currently a Class B drug, and upgrading it would have substantial impacts on police forces and sentencing guidelines.

The maximum sentence for possession would rise from five to seven years imprisonment, while the maximum sentence for supplying the drug would rise from 14 years to life imprisonment.

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same catagory as crack and Heroin...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman considers upgrading cannabis to class A amid concerns over evidence linking it to psychosis, cancer and birth defects

The Home Secretary is considering making cannabis a Class A drug over concerns that it is a 'gateway' to other harder drugs and causes medical conditions including cancer and psychosis.

Ms Braverman is said to be ideologically opposed to the decriminalisation of cannabis, telling close allies she believes it sends a 'cultural' signal that use of the drug is acceptable behaviour, The Times reports.

She is also said to be concerned at the evidence linking the drug to serious mental and physical health issues, including psychosis, cancer and birth defects.

Cannabis is currently a Class B drug, and upgrading it would have substantial impacts on police forces and sentencing guidelines.

The maximum sentence for possession would rise from five to seven years imprisonment, while the maximum sentence for supplying the drug would rise from 14 years to life imprisonment.

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same catagory as crack and Heroin...

Full scientific peer reviewed evidence needs to be provided for each compound found in Cannabis. All theraputic uses need to be studied for each compound to see if it can be used to treat disease.
It should not be thrown into a ridiculous class A category on a whim.

Countries that legalize cannabis should be studied carefully to weigh up the pros and cons.

One thing that really pisses me off is wasting police resources by chasing around people and conducting expensive raids that choose to grow or smoke some cannabis leaves. This is a massive ridiculous waste of police resources when real knife and gun crime is running rampant in our cities.

Chasing around people smoking or growing cannabis is a ridiculous cop out where police get to pretend they are serving the country and reducing crime, when in fact they are doing nothing of the sort and are WASTING PUBLIC MONEY.

You know this thru y'all's post coital pillow talk?

Cherry picking fake studies again, fucking stupid drug addled polish fuckwad.

Cherry picking fake studies again, fucking stupid drug addled polish fuckwad.

Cannabis laws kill people

Cherry picking fake studies again, fucking stupid drug addled polish fuckwad.

First, gateway drug theory is nonsense. If that were true, people who abuse prescription medications should also use hard drugs.
(But most don't.)

Secondly, If any of the bolded were true, a majority of the US wouldn't exist right now. Since, y'know, 60's and 70's.

That aside, @CKP, why do you take the anti-cannabis stance?
I don't think I've ever read your exposition on why you take your beliefs seriously enough to post about it on GLP.