THE Hallucinogens Sub-Committee of the Home Office's Committee on Drug Dependence under the chairmanship of Lady Wootton1 has recently submitted its recommendations on appropriate penalties for the misuse of cannabis and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). The Sub-Committee concluded that cannabis is a potent drug, having as wide a capacity as alcohol to alter mood, judgment and functional ability, and admitted that it is a dangerous drug in that sense, but in terms of physical harmfulness much less dangerous than opiates, amphetamines and barbiturates and also less dangerous than alcohol. Furthermore, the Sub-Committee could find no evidence that the increase in . . . Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving
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