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	<title>The Christian Institute &#187; Cannabis</title>
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		<title>UK teenagers are worst in Europe for cannabis abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost half of 15 and 16-year-olds admit to using cannabis, according to a United Nations (UN) report. Up to a third of adults in the UK have also admitted taking cannabis, and critics say the decision to move the drug to class C in 2004 is to blame. The Government announced that cannabis would return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No cannabis arrest until third offence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cannabis users will not be arrested until they have been caught three times, the Home Secretary has announced. Campaigners say the plan is not strict enough. Jacqui Smith revealed the plans to MPs yesterday, as a Parliamentary Order was laid to return cannabis to the stricter class B category of drugs in January 2009. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drugs tried by one in four youngsters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quarter of eleven to 15-year-olds have tried drugs at some point in their lifetime, new figures show. A 2007 NHS survey of 7,831 pupils in schools across England revealed that 25 per cent had used drugs, though the figure had fallen from 29 per cent in 2001. The drug pupils were most likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Skunk&#8217; cannabis link to psychosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smokers of high-strength cannabis, known as &#8216;skunk&#8217;, are 18 times more likely to be psychotic according to new research. The study examined nearly 200 cannabis smokers and compared those with psychosis to those without the condition. It strongly suggests that the use of skunk cannabis is directly linked to the development of mental illness. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannabis blamed for rise in mental cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Judge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of children aged 15 or under being treated for mental illness increased rapidly after laws on cannabis were relaxed, new official figures suggest. Information obtained by an MP shows that the NHS spent £2.72million on anti-psychotic drugs for under 16s last year. That is a two-thirds increase on the 2004 figure of £1.7million. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make cannabis legal, says Scots think-tank</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cannabis-should-be-legal-says-scottish-think-tank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Scottish think-tank says that cannabis should be regulated and taxed rather than being illegal, in spite of the Government’s recent decision to tighten up the law. The Scottish Futures Forum has published a report recommending that cannabis could “be taxed and tightly regulated” as part of a “wider regulatory framework, if this is shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannabis will be restored to class B, says Home Secretary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cannabis will be reclassified to the class B category of illegal drugs, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced today. The drug was controversially moved down to class C in 2004 by former Home Secretary, David Blunkett. Since then, police, parents and mental health experts have called for the move to be reversed because of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown expected to overrule advisors over cannabis law</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/brown-expected-to-overrule-advisors-over-cannabis-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/brown-expected-to-overrule-advisors-over-cannabis-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown is expected to disagree with his drugs advisors and return cannabis to its class B status, weekend press reports say. Earlier this year Mr Brown made it known that he favoured a stricter law on cannabis, a view that was confirmed in a press briefing last week. His view is likely to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surge in mental illness linked to relaxation of cannabis laws</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/surge-in-mental-illness-linked-to-relaxation-of-cannabis-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/surge-in-mental-illness-linked-to-relaxation-of-cannabis-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Significantly more people have been diagnosed with psychosis and schizophrenia since the law on cannabis was relaxed in 2004, figures released by the Government show. In 2006-7, there were 213,624 cases of psychosis diagnosed, compared with 176,776 the year before the law changed. Similarly, diagnoses of schizophrenia were up from 40,763 in 2003-4 to 45,955 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quarter of Scots aged 15 have tried cannabis</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/quarter-of-scots-aged-15-have-tried-cannabis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/quarter-of-scots-aged-15-have-tried-cannabis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten per cent of Scottish 15-year-olds regularly smoke dope and more than a quarter have experimented with the drug, a major new study has found. The report, which is supported by the World Health Organisation, examined the lifestyles of 6,000 pupils aged 11, 13 and 15 in March 2006. The Prime Minister has indicated he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner links teen&#8217;s suicide to cannabis</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/coroner-links-teens-suicide-to-cannabis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/coroner-links-teens-suicide-to-cannabis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coroner has urged Gordon Brown to reflect upon the suicide of a teenage cannabis user when considering the reclassification of the drug. Stuart Lester, a 21 year-old supermarket worker from Doncaster, hanged himself earlier this year. He began smoking cannabis at 15, and was diagnosed two years later with schizophrenia. Delivering a verdict of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police want cannabis moved back to class B</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/police-want-cannabis-moved-back-to-class-b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/police-want-cannabis-moved-back-to-class-b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior police officers have indicated their support for a tighter law on cannabis because of its strong links with crime and mental health problems. The Superintendents&#8217; Association of England and Wales argue that cannabis should be reclassified to &#8220;&#8230;send out a clear message &#8211; especially to the vulnerable and the young &#8211; that cannabis is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM and drugs advisors at odds over cannabis laws</title>
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		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-and-drugs-advisors-at-odds-over-cannabis-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister has hinted that he wants tougher cannabis laws, but Government advisors are reported to favour the status quo. On Tuesday Mr Brown said he was awaiting the report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) but said he favoured tightening the law. However, the BBC has today reported that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youngsters to be warned of cannabis mental health risk</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/youngsters-to-be-warned-of-cannabis-mental-health-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/youngsters-to-be-warned-of-cannabis-mental-health-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking cannabis could damage your mental health, a Government drugs website will tell young people. The &#8216;FRANK&#8217; website currently says, &#8220;If you&#8217;ve a history of mental health problems, depression or are experiencing paranoia, then taking this drug is not a good idea.&#8221; But this information is well out of date. It is now widely accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts tell drug advisors to toughen cannabis laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading experts on mental health and crime have told the body reviewing the law on cannabis to return the drug to class B status. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was commissioned last year by the Government to review the law on cannabis, controversially relaxed in 2004. Since then, cannabis has become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannabis must go back to Class B, say experts</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cannabis-must-go-back-to-class-b-say-experts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There are numerous very compelling reasons for restoring cannabis to Class B&#8221;, says a group of leading medics, biologists and drugs campaigners in a letter to The Times. The group has sent a dossier to Home Office drugs advisors pointing out the damage done by softening the law. The law on cannabis was liberalised in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government wants to tighten cannabis law</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-wants-to-tighten-cannabis-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government wants to return cannabis to its &#8216;class B&#8217; status, according to Whitehall sources quoted in The Times. The drug was controversially downgraded to a class C bracket in 2004 by the then Home Secretary, David Blunkett. Since then mounting evidence of mental health risks and fears that the move sent out the wrong [...]]]></description>
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