Misuse of Drugs act

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Dear Home Office,

I am trying to work out where cannabis exist in the Misuse of Drugs act .

As I understand it prior to cannabis (resin and herbal) being down graded to Class C; derivatives of Cannabis such as Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) were class A drugs of little or no medical value and had potential for harm and abuse. I am unsure where they were classified at this point but I believe they were classified as a class b drug when cannabis herb and resin were returned to class B is this correct?

Could you also provide information as to where Sativex or its contents (whole plant extract of cannabis including THC&CBD) is to be scheduled as I believe this is going to be placed in schedule 4 As a 'Medicine' of 'little or no known risk of abuse or harm'?

As I am sure you appreciate I am a little confused over how cannabis in its raw form is a dangerous and highly ‘toxic’ class B drug of no medical value as are its extract, yet can become a medicine of little or no known risk of abuse and harm. It would ridiculous to try to argue that by adding two forms of alcohol (substances with a known risk of abuse and harm) to these extracts of a class B drug metamorphosis’s them into a "medicine” of little or no known risk of harm or abuse" suitable for listing under schedule 4; unless it's the Peppermint that nullifies the risks posed by all the other ingredients and is responsible for their conversion of course?

Unless Cannabis has taken on quantum properties it can not exist in more than one state.

Earl Howe has confirmed that there is essentially no difference in the cannabis contained in Sativex and natural uncontaminated herbal cannabis. Both are cannabis, and cannabis is confirmed as the only ingredient of any medicinal value in the “Medicine” Sativex.

Would some please explain this anomaly as at the moment I am finding it very confusing

Yours faithfully,

A. Clerk

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Dear FOI Responses,
Ok, Please provide me with all documentation which goes to prove that cannabis has no medicinal values.

Yours sincerely,

A. Clerk

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Dear Home Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Misuse of Drugs act'.

Please provide me with all documentary evidence which goes to prove that cannabis has "no medicinal values".

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...

Yours faithfully,

A. Clerk

Dear FOI Responses,

You are late and are breaking the law

Yours sincerely,

A. Clerk