... leading up to their arrest. This is a huge number of teenage cannabis users and clearly shows that the drug needs to be focused on more and the teenagers need some sort of rehabilitation to help them stop. It goes onto say that once teenagers get involved in the drug culture they become dependant on it and begin to steal money so they can continue to buy the drug. There are many different opinions quoted within the first article. The Government have arguments for and against the link between teenage crimes and cannabis smoking. Labour and the Conservatives have argued over the issue of cannabis being re-graded back to a Class B. In 2004, The Labour Party downgraded the drug to a Class C because they thought that it wasn't seen to be as dangerous as other Class B drugs like amphetamines and barbiturates. Another reason for it being downgraded ...

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