Cannabis appeal by city MP.Byline: By Jonathan Walker Jonathan Walker (born 1799 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts - died May 1, 1878 near Muskegon, Michigan), aka "The Man with the Branded Hand," was an American reformer who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven POLITICAL EDITOR GORDON Brown has been urged to scrap plans to tighten the law on cannabis by a Birmingham MP. Lynne Jones Lynne Mary Jones (born 26 April 1951, Birmingham) is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for the Birmingham Selly Oak constituency. Born in Birmingham, Lynne Jones studied biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, eventually earning her Ph.D. (Lab, Selly Oak) spoke out against plans to take a second look at the decision in 2004 to make cannabis a class C drug. She said cannabis could do enormous harm to the mental health of users but evidence suggested making it a less serious offence had actually reduced the number of users. The Prime Minister has asked the Government's advisory committee on the misuse of drugs to consider whether it should be reclassified as a class B drug, which carries a more serious penalty of five years in jail for possession. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (Lab, Redditch) will have the responsibility of deciding whether to regrade Re`grade´ v. i. 1. To retire; to go back. To determine that certain classified information requires, in the interests of national defense, a higher or a lower degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure than cannabis when the committee reports back next year. |
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