CANNABIS CHANGES WRONG, SAYS UN

[Ferre]

What's happening here???

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:41:45 -0800

From: "D. Paul Stanford" <stanford@crrh.org>

Subject: 007 UK: Cannabis Changes Wrong, Says UN

 

Newshawk: JimmyG

Pubdate: Wed, 26 Feb 2003

Source: Times, The (UK)

Copyright: 2003 Times Newspapers Ltd

Contact: letters@thetimes.co.uk

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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/454

Author: Richard Ford

Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

 

CANNABIS CHANGES WRONG, SAYS UN

 

DAVID BLUNKETT'S decision to relax the law on cannabis is criticised by a UN

anti-drugs panel today for sending the wrong signal to the rest of the

world.

 

The UN says that the Home Secretary's move would damage Britain's health and

could increase cannabis supplies on the streets.

 

Introducing the panel's annual report, Hamid Ghodse also claimed that

downgrading the drug from Class B to Class C would undermine efforts to curb

cannabis production in Africa and set a bad example to young people in

developing countries.

 

Asked if Mr Blunkett's decision was a bad message to the world, Professor

Ghodse, Professor of Addictive Behaviour at St George's Hospital, London,

said: "Indeed, indeed . . . developing countries are very conscious that

their people, particularly their youth, follow the sort of statements which

pervade this country.

 

"Therefore normalisation of drug use might appear as something to be

desired."

[Tom]

We have all seen how the UN backs down to the US, the statement was probably drafted by the DEA.

 

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