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BBC to break drugs taboo
A film scheduled to be broadcast in the next few months and on the eve the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will announce her decision to re-criminalise cannabis as a 'class B' drug will show acclaimed journalist Nicky Taylor smoking cannabis and being injected with THC at a King`s College laboratory. The last such film (a Panorama episode featuring a journalist taking LSD) went unscreened for thirty years.
2-25-`07 | by Hashishi

Nicky Taylor is well known for her hands-on approach to her assignments- for example ingesting binge levels of alcohol during the course of a programme investigating Britain`s binge culture.

It has been revealed that her next feature will cover cannabis consumption and its screening will coincide with the announcement of cannabis` reclassification as a 'class B' drug following its downgrading under Blair`s reign in 2001.

During the course of the programme, she will be shown being injected at a laboratory of King`s College, London, with a THC extract. A source cited by The Telegraph, who`s said to have seen the footage, is quoted as saying that "the effect was dramatic. It was unpleasant."

The tone of the program is unknown, but it was said by a BBC spokesman to "unequivocally highlight the risks of consuming the drug and will be scheduled post-watershed."

The film will air on BBC3 and an international audience will be able to view it on the same evening it airs via the BBCi Player.

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