Reefer madness: Do the drug laws work? - The Independent 7th May 2008

Gordon Brown is expected today to announce tougher laws against cannabis possession, even though medical experts and the police believe he is wrong Defying the weight of medical and scientific opinion, Gordon Brown is to order tougher new laws today on cannabis possession. The Prime Minister has decided to overrule his own expert advisers and reverse the downgrading four years ago of Britain's favourite illegal drug from a class B to a class C substance, threatening cannabis smokers with five-year prison terms.

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