UK Cops: Reclassify Pot as More Dangerous

by insaniac | April 3, 2008 at 12:04 pm | 270 views | 1 comment

Canadians against increased MANDITORY MINIMUMS!

Senior police are calling for cannabis to become a class B drug again after it was reported that a government advisory body will say it should remain class C.

The Superintendents' Association said downgrading the drug in 2004 had sent out the wrong message by implying cannabis was harmless and legal.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has also said this.

If it is reclassified, people caught carrying the drug would face up to five years in prison, rather than two.

While I can't advocate drug use, I also don't believe that all drugs are the same: marijuana, with zero overdose fatalities (the US DEA won't even mention fatalities in their report on marijuana), is simply not as dangerous as crack or crystal meth.

In my opinion, rather than focusing on what "message" is sent to kids, the British government should instead consider the extra strain that will be put on their prison system, as saying that cannabis use is widespread is a major understatement.

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jordan

at 12:22 on April 3rd, 2008

I agree. I don't think that throwing more people in jail for what is untimately an unchanged offense is a good idea: statistically, more imprisonment means more recidivism, and, were it up to me, I'd not risk that.