UK Government Slams United Nations Drug Lies

British government minister Bob Ainsworth this week attacked an 'extremely misleading" report published by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which criticised UK plans to reclassify cannabis as Class C. Claiming the UN backed prohibitionist organisation had applied "selective and inaccurate use of statistics" the minister expressed his dismay at the reports 'misleading statements', in an unusually direct letter sent to INCB chief Herbert Schaepe.

"It does great damage to the credibility of the messages we give to young people about the dangers of drug misuse if we try to pretend that cannabis is as harmful as drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine," said Mr Ainsworth (significantly 'writing on behalf of the United Kingdom Government').

"It quite clearly is not, and if we do not acknowledge that by ensuring our drugs law accurately reflect the relative harms of drugs, young people will not listen to our messages about the drugs which do the greatest harm," he added.

The Minister concluded by saying his officials will be challenging the INCB report at the upcoming conference in Vienna and will be "correcting the extremely misleading picture" the report presents.

http://www.hnnsweden.com (Swedish prohibition organisation the Hassela Nordic Network)

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