{"id":4567,"date":"2009-08-18T16:39:47","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=4567"},"modified":"2016-09-20T20:07:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:07:03","slug":"cannabis-back-into-category-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2009\/08\/cannabis-back-into-category-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis back into category B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In May 2008 the current Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that she would reverse the 2004 decision and put cannabis back into category B.<br \/>\nThe move went against the ACMD&#8217;s latest recommendations, but was, she said, necessary because of research linking heavy use of the drug with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Smith said she was particularly concerned over the rise in consumption of super-strength strains of cannabis, such as &#8220;skunk&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe Home Office say such strains account for 80% of all cannabis seizures in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/pr\/fr\/-\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/7845023.stm<\/p>\n<p>*** THE NEW APPROACH<\/p>\n<p>Class A:\tEcstasy, LSD, heroin, cocaine, crack, magic mushrooms,<br \/>\namphetamines (if prepared for injection).<br \/>\nPossession: Up to seven years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.<br \/>\nDealing: Up to life in prison or an unlimited fine or both.<\/p>\n<p>Class B: \tCannabis, amphetamines, Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Pholcodine.<br \/>\nPossession: Up to five years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.<br \/>\nDealing: Up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.<\/p>\n<p>Class C:\tTranquilisers, some painkillers, Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB),<br \/>\nKetamine.<br \/>\nPossession: Up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.<br \/>\nDealing: Up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited fine or both<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: ECAD Newsletter 25th Jan. 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2008 the current Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that she would reverse the 2004 decision and put cannabis back into category B. The move went against the ACMD&#8217;s latest recommendations, but was, she said, necessary because of research linking heavy use of the drug with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Ms Smith said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-specifics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}