{"id":793,"date":"2009-01-26T08:05:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T08:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2009-01-26T08:05:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T08:05:09","slug":"cannabis-is-treated-more-seriously-from-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis is treated more seriously from today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignleft size-full wp-image-730\" style=\"width:125px;\">\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cannabis.jpg\" alt=\"cannabis\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" \/>\r\n\t<div>cannabis<\/div>\r\n<\/div>Cannabis is reclassified up to a class B drug (from class C) with effect from today, 26 January 2009.<\/p>\n<p>For possession the penalty on indictment increases from 2 to 5 years\u2019 imprisonment.\u00a0   In the Magistrates\u2019 Court \u2013 where most possession cases are heard &#8211; the maximum penalty remains the same at 3 months,  but the maximum fine goes up from \u00a31,000 to \u00a32,500.<\/p>\n<p>For the supply and production the penalty increases to 6 months and\/or a \u00a35,000 fine up from 3 months and \u00a32,500.<br \/>\nThe penalties for other offences relating to cannabis are unaffected.  The maximum penalty for supplying or producing cannabis is 14 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cannabis Cannabis is reclassified up to a class B drug (from class C) with effect from today, 26 January 2009. For possession the penalty on indictment increases from 2 to 5 years\u2019 imprisonment.\u00a0 In the Magistrates\u2019 Court \u2013 where most possession cases are heard &#8211; the maximum penalty remains the same at 3 months, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}