Liberal Democrats set up expert panel on cannabis legalisation
Group including former government adviser and ex-chief constable will consider how a legal market for cannabis could work in Britain
The Guardian (UK)
Monday, October 12, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
The Liberal Democrats are to set up an expert panel to establish how a legal market for cannabis could work in Britain, paving the way for them to become the first major political party in the UK to back its legalisation. The move is backed the party’s health spokesman, Norman Lamb, and by a former deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Brian Paddick. It is in line with a 2014 party conference resolution which called for a review of the effectiveness of a regulated market in relation to health and reduced criminal activity.
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