Looking the Other Way: The Impact of Reclassifying Cannabis on Police Warnings, Arrests and Informal Action in England and Wales

British drugs legislation has recently been changed to reclassify cannabis from a Class B drug to a Class C one. The reclassification is intended to reflect more accurately the risks posed by cannabis relative to other drugs. The debate about reform of the British laws in regulating cannabis possess...

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1. VerfasserIn: Warburton, Hamish (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: May, Tiggey ; Hough, Mike
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Veröffentlicht: 2005
In: The British journal of criminology
Jahr: 2005, Band: 45, Heft: 2, Seiten: 113-128
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