NO - Alex Hall, chair of the young people's forum, London Drug and Alcohol Network
The law is a blunt tool for a far more complex crime. Young people use cannabis because they have an assumption that they won't get caught.
They are more likely to get caught offending to get money to buy cannabis than for using it. For under-18s changing the classification makes no difference either way as it is still illegal. However, I think the message that it is illegal is getting through to them.
NO - Roger Howard, chief executive, UK Drug Policy Commission
The evidence suggests that reclassification is unlikely to have any impact on the number of young people using cannabis.
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