Blunkett moves to downgrade cannabis

Cannabis will be reclassified as a less dangerous drug so that possession is no longer an arrestable offence, British Home Secretary David Blunkett confirmed today.

Blunkett moves to downgrade cannabis

Cannabis will be reclassified as a less dangerous drug so that possession is no longer an arrestable offence, British Home Secretary David Blunkett confirmed today.

The move from Class B to Class C means the drug will be effectively decriminalised in the UK by July next year, although Mr Blunkett denied it amounted to legalisation or decriminalisation.

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