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Cannabis could be the death of Prime Minister
4-14-'07 | pr.Cannazine.co.uk

After months of negative headlines Prime Minister Gordon Brown is trying to send a new message to voters, about how "he understands" they are feeling the pinch. But the truth is its the PM himself who see's storm clouds on the horizon as the speculation increases as to whether he will be forced to stand down as Prime Minister before the next General Election.

In an announcement today from Party HQ it was said that Brown recognises the fact GB PLC cannot be insulated from the difficulties faced by the global economy.

"Of course, people in this country are concerned about the prospects for their own well being," a spokesman said.

Ex-cannabis toking cabinet minister Hazel Blears went one step further when she reflected a more realistic tone in a BBC interview. "I entirely understand that people are concerned about their own finances. They're concerned about homes, utility bills, cost of living," she said. Slowly, Brown is recalibrating the message, and not before time. But he will have to do more of it if he is to convince the voters he is really "on your side" - his new slogan.

But from the perspective of the UK cannabis community do you really feel Gordon Brown is "on your side"?

It would appear the pain Brown is feeling is going to have to hurt a little more before it starts to abate. Certainly the speculation about him being forced to stand down before the next general election is a bit rich, for now at least. But according to some celebrity bloggers its not an invention of the media by any stretch of the imagination.

Some Labour MPs are saying that David Cameron can be beaten in spite of the massive lead he's pulled out in the polls, (but I suppose they would) - and if Brown looks as though he's not the one to beat him in an election for the keys to No.10, they (the Labour party) will find someone who can, which is all good news for fringe demographics looking to get their voices heard.

The fact is it doesn't matter who wins as both Labour and Conservative party's alike, have laid out their stalls for the next ten years of active, anti-cannabis politics, while elsewhere around the world law makers/doctors etc are finding in favour of the use of cannabis, which would indicate a unilateral agenda specific to the United Kingdom over some greater United Nations driven policy. What that means is with the correct "leverage", the UK's drugs policy has the flexibility to be changed

If Gordon gets his way and reclassifies cannabis back to a B drug, its not only the economy which will have UK citizens feeling the pinch as cannabis use again brings with it the threat of a 5 year prison sentence but with Brown's leadership puffing and blowing on the ropes, now might be a good time to take a long hard look at the only real alternative for a more pragmatic approach to cannabis law.

The Liberal Democrats.

With approaching 4 million regular cannabis using 'voices' in the UK thats quite some volume if everyone speaks together.

With an overtly anti-cannabis message never far from his mind, it could spell disaster if the entire cannabis community were to Let Mr Brown and the Labour Party heirarchy know just how upset they are as a collective, over their plans to reclassify and regardless of the advice of the ACMD.

And with Mr Browns Scottish Brogue's already treading carefully on thin ice, it could put an end once and for all to the talk of reclassifying cannabis, if this policy were to prove too "unpopular" with the voting public.

Especially so during a period which see's every single vote meaning so much to a Labour Party which is used to not only leading in the polls, but leading with a hefty comfort zone.

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Buzzby

In the UK, Class "B" drugs carry a potential two year jail sentence. Class "C" drugs carry a potential five year jail sentence. And I could spend a year in a federal prison for simple possession. The reality of the situation in the US is that the DEA never enforces that law for possession of an oz.

I've been under the impression that in the UK, simple possession is generally "punished" by a warning and confiscation of the weed. Is that the case or are people actually going to jail for a bag of weed in their pockets?

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