Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 14 Jan 2013

1. LEGALISE 'LOW HARM' DRUGS SAY PEERS

Cannabis, Ecstasy and other 'low-harm' drugs should be licensed for sale in chemists to lure young people off alcohol and dangerous legal highs, an all-party group of nine peers reports today. A new 'class D' category would allow the drugs to be sold legally like alcohol and tobacco, subject to rules on content, labeling and age.

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