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The government's drug advisory panel is meeting to decide if a decision to
downgrade cannabis should be reversed after worries about mental health.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has asked the panel to particularly look at
high strength cannabis, known as "skunk".
When the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs met in 2002, evidence
stated cannabis could worsen some conditions.
Studies since have said the drug can cause psychiatric problems, while the
Dutch may now outlaw stronger strains.
In the UK, the council's conclusions three years ago helped persuade the
government to make cannabis a class C rather than class B drug.
Police officers were also told not to arrest adults for possessing the drug
for their own use.
However, there are new concerns because skunk and other more-powerful
varieties of cannabis contain high levels of Tetrahydrocannabinol
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