gorgeous_bari!_player
Member
Am in a mood to rant - Sorry Youth council and student council hat on here, but would be interesting to know what people think about this in general . . .
Cannibis and the reclassification - to all you (supposidly) powerful people - i think you should be aware that it is not only young people who are affected!?!
I am sure you have all heard about the reclassifocation of cannabis from a class B to a class C on the 29th January.
I am outraged - not about the reclassification of it, but at the attitudes of those in power.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3418219.stm
in this article (and its by no means just the bbc who are guilty of this) it says about young people and how they are worried about how they may be confused by this change
"The £1m campaign from the government's drugs information service, Frank, warns young people that possession is still a criminal offence."
(not entirerly sure who frank is tho. . .)
but come on, a young person is defined by the government as under 25, how many people know of people over this age that smoke pot, i bet quite a few of us. So do these people not need to be warned!?!
"Two-and-a-half million leaflets outlining the latest drugs laws will be distributed.
Information packs promoting the message will be sent to all schools drug advisors, drug action teams, drug charities, health organisations and student unions."
(Glad to see they are using our money on something usefull)
The channel four news on wednesday reported on this issue and they were concerned that young people may get the message wrong that is being given out by the government.
(and they havnt replied to me "nicely worded" email yet)
Well i asked my mum what she thought was happening and she was wrong, therefore being confused (and all respect to my mum) she is not a young person.
The ITV seem to be the only ones who do not mention young people
http://www.itv.com/news/274462.html
http://www.itv.com/news/1528645.html
"Newspapers and radio stations will carry adverts warning that the drug is harmful to health. Millions of leaflets will be also be handed out explaining the new arrangements."
What is happeneing as far as i can tell (and please someone correct me if i am wrong) it is being moved from a B to a C as they have decided it should not be classed the same as anphetimines (sorry about the spelling), and is being moved in with Steriods and Antidepressants.
However it is still can be an arrestable offence, and dealers can be given longer jail sentances for it.
Why when they decide to tell the public about the reclassification didnt they tell us this aswell? would have saved so much hassle. after all they did decide last october.
(A little bit to much last minute thought here me thinks)
If found with cannabis on you, you can be given a warning, however if it is not you first time then you can be arrested (how the hell do the police officers know this)
http://www.talktofrank.com/azofdrugs/C/Cannabis.aspx#reclassified
I understand that there are alot of young people that smoke this but there are also alot of not so young people as well. I also understand that there are alot of health risks.
What was my point
ohh yeah
Are they basically saying that young people are stupid, and that every other part of society do know what is happening?
I also understand that there are alot of health risks. but why just target young people.
Why are they pigeon holing young people when there are clearly other people at risk here as well, why just target young people when they need to also look at the bigger picture.
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had to get that off my chest 8)
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Cannibis and the reclassification - to all you (supposidly) powerful people - i think you should be aware that it is not only young people who are affected!?!
I am sure you have all heard about the reclassifocation of cannabis from a class B to a class C on the 29th January.
I am outraged - not about the reclassification of it, but at the attitudes of those in power.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3418219.stm
in this article (and its by no means just the bbc who are guilty of this) it says about young people and how they are worried about how they may be confused by this change
"The £1m campaign from the government's drugs information service, Frank, warns young people that possession is still a criminal offence."
(not entirerly sure who frank is tho. . .)
but come on, a young person is defined by the government as under 25, how many people know of people over this age that smoke pot, i bet quite a few of us. So do these people not need to be warned!?!
"Two-and-a-half million leaflets outlining the latest drugs laws will be distributed.
Information packs promoting the message will be sent to all schools drug advisors, drug action teams, drug charities, health organisations and student unions."
(Glad to see they are using our money on something usefull)
The channel four news on wednesday reported on this issue and they were concerned that young people may get the message wrong that is being given out by the government.
(and they havnt replied to me "nicely worded" email yet)
Well i asked my mum what she thought was happening and she was wrong, therefore being confused (and all respect to my mum) she is not a young person.
The ITV seem to be the only ones who do not mention young people
http://www.itv.com/news/274462.html
http://www.itv.com/news/1528645.html
"Newspapers and radio stations will carry adverts warning that the drug is harmful to health. Millions of leaflets will be also be handed out explaining the new arrangements."
What is happeneing as far as i can tell (and please someone correct me if i am wrong) it is being moved from a B to a C as they have decided it should not be classed the same as anphetimines (sorry about the spelling), and is being moved in with Steriods and Antidepressants.
However it is still can be an arrestable offence, and dealers can be given longer jail sentances for it.
Why when they decide to tell the public about the reclassification didnt they tell us this aswell? would have saved so much hassle. after all they did decide last october.
(A little bit to much last minute thought here me thinks)
If found with cannabis on you, you can be given a warning, however if it is not you first time then you can be arrested (how the hell do the police officers know this)
http://www.talktofrank.com/azofdrugs/C/Cannabis.aspx#reclassified
I understand that there are alot of young people that smoke this but there are also alot of not so young people as well. I also understand that there are alot of health risks.
What was my point
ohh yeah
Are they basically saying that young people are stupid, and that every other part of society do know what is happening?
I also understand that there are alot of health risks. but why just target young people.
Why are they pigeon holing young people when there are clearly other people at risk here as well, why just target young people when they need to also look at the bigger picture.
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had to get that off my chest 8)
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