policy: the 'new deal for cannabis'.

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How safe is cannabis? How dangerous is cannabis prohibition?

Cannabis should not be used as a political football. Its treatment in society should be decided in a rational and informed manner.

The government argues that we need cannabis prohibition for health reasons to protect the public, but prohibition is a crude method of social control which has failed.

The most dangerous thing about cannabis today is cannabis prohibition.

The cannabis issue is not only about 'How safe is cannabis?', but also raises the question; 'How dangerous is cannabis prohibition?'. Both issues need to be seriously addressed.

The recent progress towards de facto 'decriminalisation' of simple possession of cannabis in Britain ('Class 'C') is to be welcomed for ending a massive waste of police time and public expence.

However, this policy alone is clearly not the full solution, because cannabis probibition fails to safe guard public health.

Instead of a return to 'Class B' as some are now calling for, the only safe solution is the lifting of cannabis prohibition, to be replaced by the establishment of legal regulation of quality and distribution, just like any other consumer product.

Anything less fails to protect the public, especially the young and vulnerable, from the serious health and social problems associated with cannabis prohibition.

Cannabis prohibition is the most expensive mistake in British legal history.

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The solution is a 'new deal for cannabis':

•  The lifting of cannabis prohibition to allow freedom for the growing, licensed sale, and safe social or medical use of cannabis in Britain.

•  Quality controls & Health & Safety Regulations as with any other product to protect consumers.

•  Distribution through licensed premises and non-profit cannabis buyer's cooperatives & clubs, plus the right to 'grow your own'.

•  An immediate release of all cannabis prisoners and clearing of all cannabis criminal records.

Full texts of new deal for cannabis (cannabis coalition uk 1998-2002).

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'How safe is cannabis? How dangerous is cannabis prohibition?'.

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