Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Nigel Evans (Conservative), on Tuesday, 5 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

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CLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS

That this House notes that it is over six months since the Lancet reported on 27th July 2007 that one joint of cannabis can raise the risk of schizophrenia by more than 40 per cent. and that the drug carries a huge risk with regards to future mental illness; recognises the rising prevalence of skunk varieties of the drug which can be much stronger than others, and poses a higher danger to mental health; and calls on the Government to reclassify cannabis to Category B without delay.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

876 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Lindsay Hoyle

Christopher Chope

David Crausby

Subjects

Drugs Misuse Mental health

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk