Gordon Brown to make cannabis class B drug
According to The Telegraph, Gordon Brown is set to ignore the advice of his own advisory council and plough ahead with his plans to reclassify cannabis back to a class B drug, with some ACMD members feeling so strongly about his decision, they feel they have no option but to resign.
Gordon Brown is to defy his own high-powered group of experts and plough ahead with plans to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug.
A review by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs will tell the Prime Minister on Monday that cannabis should retain its class C status.
But Whitehall sources believe Mr Brown is now almost certain to over-rule the experts, although a formal decision is unlikely to be taken next week because of purdah rules around the May 1 local elections.
Gordon Brown could be the shortest reigning PM in recent history if his own party decide he's not the man to win back the UK voters confidence.
Many of the 23-strong council of experts could feel they have to resign if the Prime Minister ignores their recommendation.
Since the council was set up in 1971, only one prime minister has over-ruled its recommendations.
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Gordon Brown to make cannabis class B drug
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