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Drugs (Reclassification) Bill


Drugs (Reclassification) Bill

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A

Bill

To

Provide for the reclassification of cannabis.                                                           

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

(1)   

Schedule 2 (controlled drugs) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) is

amended as follows.

(2)   

In Part 2 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act

as Class B drugs), in paragraph (1)(a) after “Amphetamine” insert “Cannabinol;

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Cannabinol derivatives; Cannabis and cannabis resin”.

(3)   

In Part 3 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act

as Class C drugs), in paragraph (1)(a) omit “Cannabinol; Cannabinol

derivatives; Cannabis and cannabis resin”.

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Short title

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(1)   

This Act may be cited as the Drugs (Reclassification) Act 2008.

 

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