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In its report, Drug Classification: making a hash of it?, the Committee argued that there was a lack of consistency in the way some drugs were classified in the A,B,C system and no solid evidence to back-up the view that classification had a deterrent effect. The Committee was also critical of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the key scientific advisory body on drugs policy, calling its failure to alert the Home Secretary to the serious flaws in the classification system a “dereliction of its duty”. Read UK Parliament Press Release and access Committee's Report Press reaction to the Report: Read Leader article 'Class matters' in The Guardian Online Read article 'If there ever was a 'war', we lost it' in The Independent online Read article 'Drug 'classes' have little link to the dangers' in The Independent online