News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: Sting Campaigns For Cannabis |
| Title: | UK: Sting Campaigns For Cannabis |
| Published On: | 2005-12-19 |
| Source: | Irish Examiner (Ireland) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 20:51:26 |
STING CAMPAIGNS FOR CANNABIS
Rocker Sting is campaigning to stop British prime minister Tony Blair
from upgrading the legal categorisation of cannabis from a class C to
class B drug.
The Roxanne hitmaker fears the political leader is planning a
high-profile policy u-turn which will see him vow to tackle drug use
head-on and reclassify the drug, despite officially downgrading it
from class B to its current status in January.
Sting, 54, has added his signature to a letter for Blair alongside
those of actress Jean Simmons and former Spandau Ballet star Gary
Kemp, insisting the reclassification has been a success, saving up to
200,000 hours of police time.
The letter reads: "Such a move would simply add to public confusion,
inconsistency and the waste of police resources, without delivering
any health or social benefits."
Rocker Sting is campaigning to stop British prime minister Tony Blair
from upgrading the legal categorisation of cannabis from a class C to
class B drug.
The Roxanne hitmaker fears the political leader is planning a
high-profile policy u-turn which will see him vow to tackle drug use
head-on and reclassify the drug, despite officially downgrading it
from class B to its current status in January.
Sting, 54, has added his signature to a letter for Blair alongside
those of actress Jean Simmons and former Spandau Ballet star Gary
Kemp, insisting the reclassification has been a success, saving up to
200,000 hours of police time.
The letter reads: "Such a move would simply add to public confusion,
inconsistency and the waste of police resources, without delivering
any health or social benefits."
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