UK police say cannabis just as harmful as 'crack and cocaine'

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PCCs will call for the drug to be put on a par with crack and cocaine. Maximum penalties for possession would increase from five to seven years. The maximum penalty for supplying cannabis would also see a big increase from 14 years in prison to a life jail sentence. There is growing evidence linking psychosis, mental ill health, cancer and birth defects to cannabis use.

Published 4 months ago · United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Cannabis 'just as harmful as cocaine' say police chiefs

If cannabis becomes a Class A drug, people could be jailed for up to seven years for its possession.

4 months ago·United Kingdom

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NZ Herald

UK police say cannabis just as harmful as 'crack and cocaine'

Cannabis should be upgraded to a class A drug because it causes the same harm as crack and cocaine, say police chiefs.A group of Conservative police and crime commissioners (PCCs) will next week call for the drug to be put on a...

4 months ago·Auckland, New Zealand

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The Telegraph

Cannabis is just as harmful as ‘crack and cocaine’, say police chiefs

But drug policy reform campaigners argue that reclassifying it as a Class A drug ‘flies in the face of all evidence and reason’

4 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Wales Online

Cannabis 'just as harmful as cocaine', police chiefs say

A group of Tory Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) argue cannabis should be reclassified meaning tougher penalties for those who possess and supply it

4 months ago

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