Claire, yes, I think heroin should remain a class A drug, but the ridiculous thing is doctors can freely prescribe heroin (Diamorphine) but cannot prescribe cannabis.Only people with MS and a few other diseases are allowed to be prescribed cannabis (Sativax) Anybody else is still banned from using it.Are the cannabis laws archaic ? Yes, I believe they are.A huge amount of police time is taken up issuing "cannabis warnings" but if you are caught in possession of a tiny amount of cannabis it can ruin your life.You can get a criminal record, and you can be banned from travelling to some countries for life.Blunkett reduced cannabis to a class C Drug and there was uproar.He had to reclassify it to a class B drug, but why ? |