UK: GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE STANCE ON DRUGS
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The UK government is expected to alter its tough policy on drugs and will controversially allow the medical use of cannabis. It has been agreed that people whose condition causes them acute pain, such as multiple sclerosis sufferers, will be able to use the drug to ease their symptoms. The move represents a victory for Cabinet Office Minister, Mo Mowlem, who is also in favour of the decriminalisation of cannabis for personal use. Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and Home Secretary, Jack Straw, both oppose decriminalising cannabis, saying that it would lead to youngsters trying soft drugs and possibly moving on to hard drugs. Tests on humans will now be undertaken to confirm the medical benefits of the drug.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: REPORT INTO IMPACT OF DRUGS
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In 1998, there were 1,076 to 2,997 deaths in England and Wales linked to drugs, according to an Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report released on 26 June 2000. The report warned that a large proportion of the fatalities emanated from viruses spread by injecting drugs, estimating that as many as 228,000 people could subsequently be hepatitis C positive. The UK government has pledged to reduce the 60 drug-related deaths which occur in this country per week, while the council wants the number of methadone-related deaths in particular to be reduced significantly. Hepatitis C can cause cirrhosis of the liver or cancer and is spread by blood-to-blood contact.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: CANNABIS STANCE TO BE CHANGED?
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The UK government is to retain its tough approach on drugs, even although the Police Foundation is likely to ask for Ecstasy to be reclassed as a soft drug rather than a Class A drug. However, the government may relax its stance on the use of cannabis, currently forbidden to treat multiple sclerosis and could amend the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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