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On
the 22nd October 2001, Home Secretary David Blunkett proposed
reclassifying cannabis from its previous category under
the MoD
act as a class B drug to a class C drug. More than 2
years later it finally happened on 29th January 2004. In
the intervening period the changes were so watered down
as to almost meaningless and a mass of confusion, misinformation
and misunderstanding of both what the changes are and what
effect they would have occurred.
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ACPO guidelines were ammended in January 2007 such that
children (<18) would no longer face automatic arrest
for possession, bringing them in line with the way adults
are treated. |
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