UK -Cannabis laws need to be changed, says Release charity

[edgarshade]

BBC News

Dan Whitworth By Dan Whitworth
Newsbeat reporter

Thursday, 17 May 2012 06:01

Growing small amounts of cannabis should be decriminalised, according to the charity Release. It campaigns for reform of the drug laws and says arresting people who grow fewer than 12 plants, for personal use, is a waste of police time and effort. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) admits that tackling small growers is not a priority.

Medical experts though, like Dr Owen Bowden-Jones from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, say cannabis is a dangerous drug and can cause severe psychological problems. "It doesn't matter if people are growing one or 1,000 [plants]," he says. "The issue here is the strength of the cannabis. "It's the strength of the cannabis that determines the risk and the risks include anxiety, paranoia, hearing voices and of course emphysema and lung cancer."

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[highhooked]

O OF COURSE lung cancer! That's is a very well known complete fact that cannabis causes lung cancer thanks doctor.

 

[Chesh]

Stronger cannabis means less lung damage because you smoke less.

 

[therinseout]

i wish this would be put into effect.

For too long residents of the UK have struggled to get by due to the economic crisis. People like this aren't criminals, they're reducing criminal activity!