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 Cannabis move sparks crackdown [OXFORDSHIRE]
#8381273 - 05/09/08 10:35 AM |
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CANNABIS smokers in Oxfordshire are being warned they face a tougher crackdown from police.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that cannabis would be reclassified from a class-C drug to class-B, subject to Parliamentary approval.
County police chiefs will now review how their officers tackle cannabis users ahead of the reclassification being approved.
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A user in Oxfordshire can be caught with a small amount of cannabis deemed for personal use three times before they receive a criminal conviction.
Earlier this year Oxfordshire drugs co-ordinator PC Leigh Thompson said he wanted cannabis reclassified.
He said: "The type of skunk cannabis on the street is now so strong it needs to be reclassified - and I fully support the Home Secretary. Our policies for tackling people with cannabis will now change, although we have always targeted any form of drug dealing, whether class A, B or C."
Possession of a class-B drug can lead to a five-year jail sentence, compared to just two years for a class-C drug.
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Dr Evan Harris said the Government's decision to ignore the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, which wanted cannabis to remain as a class-C drug, was "absurd".
He added: "The only message this decision sends out is that Government drug classification policy is not credible and is based on macho posturing, rather than evidence of what works."
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Re: Cannabis move sparks crackdown [OXFORDSHIRE] [Re: b0red5tiff]
#8381301 - 05/09/08 10:43 AM |
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He added: "The only message this decision sends out is that Government drug classification policy is not credible and is based on macho posturing, rather than evidence of what works."
This seems to have always been the case. If governments listened they'd have too much work to do.
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Re: Cannabis move sparks crackdown [OXFORDSHIRE] [Re: ShroomNinja]
#8381545 - 05/09/08 11:54 AM |
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Yeah, it was illegal before and that never stopped me, it's illegal now and will it stop me? Does the pope shit on bears?
Btw, the Oxford times is shit. They have 2x5' layout, so you need to have it on a table to read it, and there's that half page that just falls out that REALLY pisses me off.
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skunk weed hahaha
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Re: Cannabis move sparks crackdown [OXFORDSHIRE] [Re: JohnBlaze]
#8382284 - 05/09/08 03:51 PM |
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Isn't it hilarious that weed was Class B back when Smith herself smoked it? Didn't seem to stop her, nor any of the other politicians who admitted to smoking it. What the fuck makes her think anyone's gonna care what class it is now?
Edited by sinenomine (05/09/08 03:57 PM)
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Re: Cannabis move sparks crackdown [OXFORDSHIRE] [Re: sinenomine]
#8382782 - 05/09/08 06:41 PM |
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sinenomine said:
Isn't it hilarious that weed was Class B back when Smith herself smoked it? Didn't seem to stop her, nor any of the other politicians who admitted to smoking it. What the fuck makes her think anyone's gonna care what class it is now?
yes thats the hypocrisy of it all
the way its always been
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