David Blunkett said yesterday that the Government's recent decision to reclassify cannabis was based on public opinion - rather than hard evidence.
The former Home Secretary was responsible for the widely-criticised original decision to downgrade the drug from a class B to class C drug.
Following an outcry from police and health professionals, Jacqui Smith, the current Home Secretary, has been forced to end Labour's four-year experiment by reversing the decision.
She ordered the switch back, which was announced in May and takes effect in January, in defiance of the Government's independent advice body the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
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