[Channel 4 News] Cannabis reclassification failed 2008.02.04

[chicheater1]

blame it on the ma-ma-ma-marijuana. fuck sake, just admit your policies are wrong and legalize

[cdstingj]

They forced more people in to treatment with tighter referral rules to skew the numbers for governmental reasons. The governments lie...especially America and England.

[tomszx]

You dont have a clue what cannabis is about, youngster! Why dont you do some REAL research about cannabis?! It is NOT the "Devil's Weed" you think it is. I feel really sad for you. :( If you dont know about the subject you are talking about, please dont spread more lies. The governments of the world have that market cornered, concerning cannabis. If you want to talk about dangerous drugs, talk about alcohol! Peace n Pot.

[trina5419]

Having smoked in the better years I cant even take a draw of home grown skunk without thinking this is not what I wanted when I was running from the police in the days of soft black , gold seal, leb. etc ...why does it need to be so strong , surely if this is a commodity the buyer has choice ....stop buying SKUNK:

[medznottingham]

dude livin the dream

[majician2000]

All of the statistics that this 'reporter' reels of is pure spin. Read any academic article about UK health policy regarding drug legislation and it will tell you that the downgrading of cannabis to a Class C drug actually reduced the number of users.

[kickazzkob]

Fucking idiots

[moffstarrTV]

what a load of shit. There is nothing wrong with weed , It's a nice thing , make it legal and sort the uk's money situation out. What about crack and brown that shit is fucking making people rape babies and shit how many weed heads do that huh? fucking propaganda bullshit video.

[olly597]

The government makes BILLIONS taxing both tobacco and alcohol. Ciggarrets and alcohol kill more people EVERY YEAR than cannabis would in five years. Drugs such as aspirin are legal and if you take one too many of them it'll be you're last headache WAKE UP MOTHERFCKERS it's a herb not a widespread epidemic.

[pysgodfach]

They need to just legalise and regulate it.

[SIDESLAM]

consontrate on the Alcohol problem, as Bill Hicks once said, if a man runs towards you with a broken bottle is he on cannabis or is he drunk.

Every hospital every weekend is full of drunks not tokers.

[exile4eva]

What about the millions of people who do not steal from their parents and do all their uni work whilst being a weed smoker? I guess fat Laura and bad-parent Deborah speak for everyone.

Laura, University clearly wasn't for you. I'm guessing someone introduced you to weed in university. You smoked every now and then and when you realised the work was too hard (or you were too lazy) you decided to find a scapegoat.

Deborah. Open your dumb fucking eyes. You're just a bad parent. Accept it.

[mrtweedman09]

Deborah, your a prick so's your hubby, no wonder your son wants to chill....

[mat903]

so what and cannabis kills people cameron? no

you make it illegal. u upgrade to a b class drug

WHAT ABOUT SPRAYED CANNABIS?

that shits gonna kill someone one day i dont see nothing being done. not even a health warning, good job

[djresche87]

The kids nowadays are allowed to run WILD. No wonder they are so messed up. No guidance

[Kyleisagay]

the reason there are so many kids in treatment is because when there caught and they stand up in front of a judge there given the choice between a prison sentence, or "treatment for there addiction", who wouldnt pick that against going to prison?? and then they dress it up as kids who are so addited and have purposely seeked help for there "addiction"

[boothylegend]

fuck the law. legalise it

[waterhouse24]

nice.. Check out the video called: Your Children will smoke Cannabis in the UK 2010

[jimmy2k4o]

you can't get chemically addicted to weed its impossible

[acamogirl]

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[dozzpollen]

Although some are completely innocent medical and recriational users, and are even less deserving of punishment!

[dozzpollen]

PLUS!! Down grading to a class C was a stupid idea, ofcourse the numbers of cannabis "farms" were gonna rise! Changing to class C means its still Illigal, however it means anyone growing it has more chance of getting away with it, because less police resources were being used to find and stop them. However the market is mostly controlled by CRIMINALS! Legalize and take the market out of criminal hands!!

[dozzpollen]

Shows how well the law has protected these "addicts" from using cannabis! Deborah Bells 15 year old son was funding his "addiction" through criminal activites... oh... and was funding criminal gangs in the process! PROHIBITION DOES'NT WORK! Age restrictions would prevent a 15 year old from using it to start with!!

Currently the law helps addicts through JAIL therapy, whereby they are locked in a cage and left there.... or is that doing more harm then the "drug" itself?? THINK!!

LEGALIZE!

[paulhunter123]

i think the increase is cannabis production is not because of declaisfication but because you can learn how to grow it on you tube

[iHeadache]

bitch should give him more pocket moneys then, wouldnt have to go on the rob. got fancy two shoes and nice jobby, loads of money, feed the machine because it wants to smoke.

[GeeWeezzz]

Oh, and it's so easy, when you're too fucking lazy to get through uni, or that you're a bad mother who couldn't even instill a sense of morals or responsibility in your son, to blame it on cannabis... Fuck this joke of a piece of propaganda posing as a news story.

[GeeWeezzz]

Oy, useless cunts, you want to put those "farms" out of business? Legalise, regulate, and tax. The only reason why growing a few plants in your bedroom is lucrative is because of prohibition. The government know that, any thinking person knows that, and yet everyong keeps pretending otherwise. Pathetic times we live in.

[SinfulHedgehog]

Why didn't Deborah Bell-end hand her own son into the police, if that's the best thing for people who use cannabis? Especially since he was a thief as well.

In her case, I think the real issue is that she is a poor parent, otherwise, cannabis or no cannabis, that son would not steal!

[tigerone1970]

Lies and more lies.

" Not talking to her son because he has some plants. She sounds like a real nice mum! "

Her picture perfect suburban family's image ruined. I would like to hear from 'her son' as well. I don't think anyone has yet given his side of the story.

[deanevil]

with the internet these days everyone should be realiseing that our governments are behind the times and are keeping the world from actually moving forward-alcohol should be banned for the ever riseing stabbings outside pubs with glasses and knives-its disgusting and the worst most addictive chemical yet its legal?mp's are insane ilogical and downright dirty illuminati!they will burn for every minute marijuana is not made for a biofule they are murdering millions of third world ppl

[deanevil]

it only links to mental health issuse if the people who smoke already suffer from mental health or just realise they have a problem with theyre brains,its been used for centurys!they have no proof and its all propaganda!it is the only plant that can save the world from pollution with its unique and endless supply of biofuel being the most productive and most clean chemical known to man,it is a farse and a dirty tactic!do not vote gordan brown afterall he hates the english he is scottish fullstop

[muffinpops]

Ya son left u becuz ya views are totally in sane what have weed smokers ever done to the police, its the police that are the criminals breakin down incessant ppls doors n ruining there lifes for there own carriers.

[mismos00]

Cannabis related mental health problems?

What the hell is that? Never heard the term before.

[bumblebeetuna2008]

the reason for the boom in home grown cannabis is public demand same as when alcohol was prohibited its what the people wanted....

[bluelynch812]

"The authorities tell you that you mustn't smoke herb because it's bad for you. Yet if they catch you at it they'll carry you off to prison. I think it's better to be smoking herb out here free than being in prison"JAH RASTAFARI

[crumlin08]

it hasnt freed up police time because the police have kept inforceing the law the same way idiots

[pollonboy]

the goverment is fucking stupid keep changing the classification of cannibis. when will they realize that nobody takes any notice of what class they think it should be anyway. people will try it for themselfs an make their own minds up we dont need them to tell us what to think plus most of the people who are still trying to fight the leagalization of it are people who have never tryed it an dont know what they are talking about. GOD BRINGS PEACE TO ALL HERB LOVERS

[a8chi]

Not talking to her son because he has some plants. She sounds like a real nice mum!

[lemons899]

Haha "channel four news understands..." no! channel four news understands nothing!

[flyagaric23]

Like AMERICA and their TSARIST OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT.

Britain's political process ignores scientific research, and goes against advice. Like the criminal invasion of iraq.

Can you feel the slime oozing out your T.V set? lies, hypocrisy and more lies.

Full Legalization and legislation remains the only humane approach.

The gov. is fighting a criminal war on sick and dying people who want to use Marijuana as their medicine. Plus the recreational users criminalized.

[ska2808]

Making cannabis class B will not make anyone say "Wow, I better stop then". If people want to do something then they will do it, there's nothing really stopping them.

And as for under-18's using it, it's probably because it's easier to get than legal things like alcohol. I'm 17, get ID'd a lot for alcohol, but I can go to any drug dealer and get ANYTHING. Drug dealers don't ID.

I don't believe that I (and many others) are smarter than the government ... but ... the evidence points this way.

[djlimo]

cannabis isnt addictive so this is obviously aload of fucking shit

[MrBillUp]

THIS IS UTTER HORSESHIT!! At worst it makes you lazy. Students are fucking lazy cnuts anyway so they blame the herb for their lack of drive and motivation. I'm moving to Switzerland so I can stuff my pillow with the herb and sniff myself to sleep. I hate this bollocks country where Cannabis is classed as deadly and Muslims are classed as VIPs. FUCKING DISCUSTS ME!! BASTARDS!!!

[ska2808]

I agree, I think in terms of motivation and laziness, it just turns out that people who enjoy cannabis are lazy people anyway, and smoking cannabis is a part of their lazy attitude.

I wouldn't say it CAUSES laziness! As for mental health issues, even the government scientists have said that you need to have latent mental illness before smoking for that risk to even manifest itself!

WAKE UP!

[lemons899]

"huge rise in the number of under 18's with cannabis related mental illness"....now wheres the proof for that!?? Its got to the stage where the government are ignoring the advice of their own experts, its ridiculous.

[LIP15]

Too fucking right, it IS completely mind boggling. They give us no evidence of the things they say - just fabricated bullshit to scare people away from smoking a harmless plant. Concidering cannabis doesnt cause schizophrenia it's all shit.

[lemons899]

I liked channel four news, it seemed by far the leased biased news source on TV.....but now even they are spewing this crap. What a load of rubbish, cannabis has been PROVED to be far less adictive and far less dangerious than things like alcohol and tobacco.This is all rubbish!

[Hostile]

That's what I was thinking, this is a yellow journalism hit-piece, straight from the state.

[crumlin08]

well that fuckin worked didnt it hard luck gordon browns head on a fuckin spike now id go2 that march

[purecork]

drug misusers are giving us drug users who can funtion properly a bad name. noone should start using any drugs before 18-21

[twmmay]

making the law more harsh for people caught will only get teenagers long jail sentences, people wont stop doing it, alcohol - poision cannabis - herb

doesnt take a genius

[a05bf5ff]

you can smell the bullshit comming out of this.

[daveluzon]

what a load of one sided crap!making class b will change everything? will it?

i expect more from channel 4 it used to be a good station.

[pianoflames]

cannibis addiction??? are they serious?? it's one the least addictive substance

[twmmay]

caffiene is more addictive, they teach this in my school

[BodaciousFooty]

there is no such thing as "cannabis adiction"

[tigerone1970]

What a load of bullsh***. First they say that freeing up police time was the main reason for classification to class C. Then they say that most forces report that they spend more time. So why is that? They don't say. It seems a pretty important part of their argument.

[mikeys1111]

its your fault your kid doesnt have anything to do with you.

[jimdeacon1]

too fucking right!

[tyrone199]

i used to live right near there, its redicluouse saying it causes nti-social behaviour..one word we all know..alcohol.

[flobolobo]

anti-social behaviour? fear of crime? would that be the cookie monsters roaming the streets in search of a double chocolate-chip?

so a few people have problems with cannabis - just as a few people have problems with alcohol. that is no reason to demonize the 4,997,000 people in the UK who use cannabis with no ill effect.

gordon brown and his "B-List" need to do something constructive with their time. take up scrabble, gordy, and leave everyone in peace.