Drug Education News

The Times and other news organisations are covering Charles Clarke’s decision on cannabis, including his commitment to a public education campaign:

Concerns about a link between super-strength cannabis varieties and mental illness have mounted since the down-grading of the drug took effect in January 2004, making cannabis possession a non-arrestable offence in most cases.

Mr Clarke said that he will launch a major public information campaign to stress that cannabis was ‘anything but harmless’.

The Drug Education Forum have released a media statement in which we say:

We welcome the promise of a public education campaign by Charles Clarke today and its focus on young people. We are calling on the Home Secretary to make sure that this campaign is designed to build on what we know to be good practice in drug education. [more]

You can read the full text of Mr Clarke’s statement here.