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  Cannabis - reclassification from class C back to class B
  
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  The majority of the House of Lords voted in favour of the reclassification of cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, as written in [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20083130_en_1 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008].  
  
  They did this by voting against the motion:[1]
  
  *This House calls on Her Majesty's Government to follow the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that cannabis should remain a class C drug and to delay implementing the order pending a further review by the advisory council
  
  Unlike in the House of Commons (which was lucky to hold a vote),[2] the House of Lords held an [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2008-11-25a.1378.0 extensive debate].  
  
  This order reversed the 2003 reclassification of the drug from class B to class C, where there was also a debate and a vote.[3]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2008-11-25a.1378.0#g1380.0 Barones Meacher], House of Lords, 25 November 2008.
  * [2] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2008-11-12&number=315 Cannabis - reclassification from class C back to class B], House of Commons, 12 November 2008
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2003-11-12&number=2&house=lords Cannabis - reclassification from class B to class C], House of Lords Division, 12 November 2003
  
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