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| Cannabis laws set to be reviewed | Cannabis laws set to be reviewed |
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| The laws covering cannabis could be toughened up, Gordon Brown has said. | The laws covering cannabis could be toughened up, Gordon Brown has said. |
| The prime minister told MPs that a consultation on regrading cannabis as a class B drug, rather than class C, is set to be launched next week. | The prime minister told MPs that a consultation on regrading cannabis as a class B drug, rather than class C, is set to be launched next week. |
| Cannabis was downgraded to class C - which includes things such as anabolic steroids - from class B, which includes things like amphetamines, in 2004. | Cannabis was downgraded to class C - which includes things such as anabolic steroids - from class B, which includes things like amphetamines, in 2004. |
| Mr Brown said the Cabinet had discussed the issue and announced the entire UK drugs strategy was to be reviewed. | Mr Brown said the Cabinet had discussed the issue and announced the entire UK drugs strategy was to be reviewed. |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will publish a consultation document next week about the UK drugs strategy. | |
| Mr Brown told MPs at prime minister's questions: "She will be asking the public to comment on new ways in which we can improve drugs education in the country, give support to people undergoing treatment... and give support for communities who want to chase out drug dealers from their communities." | |
| He was responding to a question from Labour MP Martin Salter who, referring to the medicinal use of cannabis, urged a drugs policy that did not "criminalise the sick but tackles the drugs that do the most harm". | |
| The issue of downgrading - or even decriminalising - cannabis - has proved controversial and has already been reviewed once by the Home Office. |