Cannabis users to face fixed penalty - The Telegraph 18th February 2008

Tens of thousands of people caught with a single joint of cannabis will get an unofficial criminal record that could blight their future employment prospects under new police proposals, The Daily Telegraph can reveal. The new powers are likely to form part of a summer crackdown on the drug amid concerns about the spiralling mental health toll from super-strength "skunk" cannabis, which now accounts for 80 per cent of the UK market.

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