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RedAnarchist
21st January 2004, 11:34
Would this downgrade make you want to smoke cannabis more or encourage people to do so?





New cannabis rules causing concern


NEW FEARS OVER CANNABIS

Doctors are voicing concern that next week's downgrading of cannabis to a Class C drug will make people believe it is safe to use.

The British Medical Association says using the drug increases the risk of heart disease, lung cancer and other conditions.


Cannabis is due to be reclassified next week from a class B to a class C drug, ranking it alongside bodybuilding steroids and some anti-depressants.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3000...2977004,00.html (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12977004,00.html)
Hegemonicretribution
21st January 2004, 15:45
I doubt it will increase the userbase much, the market is almost saturated anyway. However all the media attention that this has caused may cause more people to experiment. Personally I will not smoke it as a result, I will keep up my fitness regime, however I will on occasion have a couple after I have eaten large amounts.
BOZG
21st January 2004, 17:54
In other cannabis news, the first case of death by cannabis poisoning has been reported. Supposedly he smoked 6 joints a day, for 11 years and died at 36. I wonder how true it is though.
Hate Is Art
21st January 2004, 19:57
smoking 6 j's a day for 11 years is one hell of a habbit, i'm suprised he is dead to be honest.
monkeydust
21st January 2004, 20:12
I heard about that today as well actually, it might well be true but then again I don't know the circumstances of death.

I don't think downgrading cannabis to Class C will change much at all, as a class B drug it was still often treated with the leneancy that a C grade offence would receive. I can't see it increasing the number of users greatly.
Pete
21st January 2004, 20:45
What does class C mean? :huh:
monkeydust
21st January 2004, 20:55
It's a classification under British law.

Generally the more severe a drug is considered the higher class it is in. Only illegal drugs fall into these classes and there are only classes A, B and C.

It's only to decide punishment really, using a class A drug like heroin warrants a greater punishmnet than a class c. So Cannabis being taken from B to C indicates that the law views it more favourably than it did previously.