Not really music news this, but as we're into drugs news, perhaps a quick mention that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has told the House Of Commons she plans to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug, amid fears that the cannabis now available on the street is of "increased strength", while telling MPs that there was "uncertainty at the least" about what effect the drug has on young people.
The drug was downgraded to class C by Tony Blair's government in 2004. It was a controversial move and left the legal status of cannabis users a bit vague, but the idea was to stop police wasting time arresting people for using a drug that was actually rather widely used.
Those who supported the downgrading generally remain supportive of the drug's class C status, and argue that Smith's measure will cause hassle for the prosecution service without actually cutting use of the drug.
But the Conservatives, who always opposed cannabis being a class C drug, have welcomed the move and claim it shows that Blair's government were wrong to ever downgrade the drug in the first place.