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UNDERNEWS: The daily news service of the Progressive Review, Washington's most unofficial source NORML - Glasgow, Scotland: Scotland's drug minister Dr. Richard Simpson said he backs a move by England's Home Office to reclassify marijuana so that it is no longer an arrestable offense, in an interview with The Scotland Sunday Herald. "We need to concentrate on the most dangerous drugs . . . such as heroin and cocaine," he said. "The reason for changing the classification of cannabis ... is to send a clear message about priorities. It says to young people that we recognize all drugs aren't the same." . . . Simpson further pledged to upgrade Scotland's drug treatment and harm reduction services, and made it clear that he no longer supports U.S.-styled criminal approaches to drug enforcement. "The only time you will hear me use terms such as 'War on Drugs' and 'Just Say No' is to denigrate them," he said.