Clarke: My fears over 'soft' drug.Byline: By MARTIN FRICKER CHARLES Clarke
The Home Secretary also said he was "very worried" about recent evidence suggesting a strong link between cannabis and mental illness. He must now decide whether to perform an embarrassing U-turn in the next few weeks and restore the drug's Class B status. Former Home Secretary David Blunkett David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. Blind since birth and from a poor family, he rose to become Education Secretary from 1997 to 2001, and then Home Secretary from 2001 to caused outrage when cannabis was downgraded to Class C less than 12 months ago. Mr Clarke said there was an alarming lack of knowledge about the health dangers the drug posed. He went on: "People do not understand the impact of cannabis well enough. "I'm struck by the advocacy of of people who have been proposers of the reclassification Reclassification The process of changing the class of mutual funds once certain requirements have been met. These requirements are generally placed on load mutual funds. Reclassification is not considered to be a taxable event. of cannabis that they were wrong. "I'm also worried about the most recent medical evidence on mental health. "The thing that worries me most is confusion among the punters about what the legal status of cannabis is." |
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