tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post5917095333732671566..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: Lords jump on the canna-panic bandwagonjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-67977791020512628682008-12-01T16:58:00.000+00:002008-12-01T16:58:00.000+00:00As the ACMD said the classification is irrelevant ...As the ACMD said the classification is irrelevant to users it made no differance to Jacqi Smith back in the 80's when it was B why should it now.<BR/>Fortunatley we are seeing more science being produced especially octobers Journal of British Psychiatry putting the final nail in the coffin of any direct causitive link between cannabis and psychosis/schizophrenia.<BR/>But will this evidence change Jacqi Smiths mind of course not, this move was only ever Political and has nothing to do with minimising harmjohn-boihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732295610674915256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-7513216731588302102008-11-30T14:17:00.000+00:002008-11-30T14:17:00.000+00:00cant edit but meant to say class b and class Ccant edit but meant to say class b and class CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-4229853898465137672008-11-30T14:16:00.000+00:002008-11-30T14:16:00.000+00:00Class A, Class B, Class C, the death penalty, none...Class A, Class B, Class C, the death penalty, none of which is really gonna make a single bit of difference.<BR/><BR/>If people want to smoke weed they will do no mater what the penalties.<BR/>I smoked when it was class b and class a. The only thing making me stop is my work and even then ill still toke when the holidays come.<BR/><BR/>I just think Ms Smith needs to be shot in to the centre of the sun and stop messing with peoples life's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-36688176810962584102008-11-29T23:50:00.000+00:002008-11-29T23:50:00.000+00:00Anon - I'm generally only moved to argue with peop...Anon - I'm generally only moved to argue with people who say things I don't agree with.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-75048395961504378232008-11-29T20:18:00.000+00:002008-11-29T20:18:00.000+00:00Steve, Raynes is a propapgandist, not a free think...Steve, Raynes is a propapgandist, not a free thinker.<BR/>Dunno why you always argue with him and pretty much ignore other commentators.<BR/>There are far ore importsnt arguments than the tired old anti-drug folk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-66175462376218291982008-11-29T14:03:00.000+00:002008-11-29T14:03:00.000+00:00A little evidence for those so inclined:PTSD and t...A little evidence for those so inclined:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2006/04/ptsd-and-endocannabinoid-system.html" REL="nofollow">PTSD and the Endocannabinoid System</A><BR/><BR/>This is a report from an American Government Agency:<BR/><A HREF="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/01/addiction-is-genetic-disease.html" REL="nofollow">Addiction Is A Genetic Disease</A><BR/><BR/>And how about the social scene?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/10/class-war.html" REL="nofollow">Class War</A><BR/><BR/>And while I'm at it - drugs on the brain:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/10/round-pegs-in-round-holes.html" REL="nofollow">Round Pegs In Round Holes</A><BR/><BR/>Drugs fill receptors in the brain. If your body makes "drugs" to fill the receptors - jolly good. If you have a deficiency and self medicate? Evil. If a doctor provides you with receptor fillers - no problem.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-416589384714722022008-11-28T21:50:00.000+00:002008-11-28T21:50:00.000+00:00I didnt write this blog David, but anyway. I think...I didnt write this blog David, but anyway. I think Blunkett's move was probably as politically motivated as this latest one - but for different reasons, attempting to please different audiences. Reclassification is never something Transform asked for or campaigned for - we have consistently said that its a distraction from the debate around prohibition, and also from the wider failings of the drug strategy. In that respect the whole debacle has been very effective for the government regardless of the outcome - which as you say has been fairly irrelevant on the ground. The fact remains though that the harm rankings are tied to a hierarchy of penalties - that is the point. it is supposed to be a hierarchy of deterrence, but there is no more evidence that it is any more effective in that respect than it is at educating young people about risk. Its clearly hopeless on both fronts. <BR/><BR/>This was all about politics - start to finish. Any decent science the ACMD have produced was lost in the populist froth.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-50782930228666225642008-11-28T20:42:00.000+00:002008-11-28T20:42:00.000+00:00A typical rant Steve. I know a lot of people who o...A typical rant Steve. I know a lot of people who opposed downgrading and supported reclassification to B. I never heard one of them discuss possible penalties. Your last line is just plain wrong. The classification of cannabis is a fine judgment as is implied by the ACMD comments on the harms of it. The government believes Blunkett's Blunder was wrong. It has corrected that mistake. Of course some people will disagree with policy, democracy is often like that. Get over it. Legalisation is further away than ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-1815036472130311632008-11-28T11:23:00.000+00:002008-11-28T11:23:00.000+00:00Jacqui Smith is incompetence personified.First thi...Jacqui Smith is incompetence personified.<BR/><BR/>First this stupid and unworkable prostitution law and now the Cannabis reclassification.<BR/><BR/>I say open licensed brothels and smart shops where you can buy ALL drugs,after an initial consultation on health dangers and benefits. The treasury would make billions and the mob can go retire or something.<BR/><BR/>What is it with our government and this fear of sense and sensuality?Anyone enjoying themselves or having a good time seems to brush our leaders up the wrong way... <BR/><BR/>I await with abated breath the day New Labour comes up with a sensible policy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-38632206407549043062008-11-28T11:17:00.000+00:002008-11-28T11:17:00.000+00:00To be honest, I don't look to unelected politician...To be honest, I don't look to unelected politicians for good sense about drugs (or anything else). I have no interest in their views at all. As for their elected colleagues, well, it is no great shock that they choose (yet again) to play politics in the most crass way with cannabis. It was ever thus, sadly. We need a revolution!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-5745921999343012662008-11-28T10:16:00.000+00:002008-11-28T10:16:00.000+00:00There is too much B and C grade and not enough A g...There is too much B and C grade and not enough A grade!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-20137115140264353592008-11-28T10:01:00.000+00:002008-11-28T10:01:00.000+00:00In todays news BAT gets a £1.2 Billion tax refund,...In todays news BAT gets a £1.2 Billion tax refund, which goes some way to demonstrate how regulating recreational drugs within a legal framework could help save the economy.<BR/><BR/>Alias Smith & Brown are so worried about the Daily Mail readership they would have the country bankrupt before they consider sensible policy.<BR/><BR/>Bubble<BR/><BR/>It beggars belief!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-85470001216419838402008-11-27T17:48:00.000+00:002008-11-27T17:48:00.000+00:00From Paul CIf Jacqui Smith so wants to live in an ...<B>From Paul C</B><BR/><BR/>If Jacqui Smith so wants to live in an Amerika type of dystopia, can we not get her a <BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Permanent_Resident_Card" REL="nofollow">Green Card</A><BR/>and waive her goodbye? <BR/><BR/>Twenty years on and the debate between a former Prime Minister and his Cabinet Secretary remains as relevant as ever:<BR/><BR/>Jim Hacker: "Humphrey, who is it who has the last word about the government of Britain? The British Cabinet or the American President?"<BR/>Sir Humphrey: "You know that is a fascinating question. We often discuss it."<BR/>Jim Hacker: "And what conclusion have you arrived at?"<BR/>Sir Humphrey: "Well, I must admit to be a bit of a heretic. I think it is the British Cabinet. But I know I am in the minority."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.yes-minister.com/sounds/ypm12q5.ram" REL="nofollow">Listen again on Real Player - (22 sec.)</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-79896601212949529732008-11-27T15:42:00.000+00:002008-11-27T15:42:00.000+00:00Lord Onslow is top manLord Onslow is top mangitanodemurciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186175287067445523noreply@blogger.com