UK Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana

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Copyright: Drug Policy Alliance
Date: October 31, 2003
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/10_29_03uk.cfm
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The British government has passed legislation reducing the maximum penalty for possession of cannabis (marijuana or hashish) from five years to two years. The maximum term for minor offenses for which charges may be brought on summary jurisdiction (in a Magistrate’s Court) remains three months, but the maximum fine on summary conviction has been reduced from £2500 to £1000.
Cannabis has been moved from a Class B to a Class C drug on the advice of the expert Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the Home Affairs Select Committee of Parliament. The reduction in penalties is result of this reclassification, recognizing the fact that cannabis is less dangerous than amphetamine and other Class B drugs. ... ...

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