Legalisation of cannabis 'only solution to crime and addiction problems'

Report by Adam Smith Institute says UK’s drug strategy 'has failed in its core aims' and urges government to legalise cannabis
The Guardian (UK)
Monday, November 21, 2016

Cannabis should be legalised in the UK, according to a report that has the backing of several cross-party MPs including the former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. Current cannabis policy in Britain is a "messy patchwork" of legislation intermittently enforced by regional police and an embarrassment, says the report by the free-market thinktank the Adam Smith Institute. The government must recognise that legalising the Class B drug is the "only workable solution to the problems of crime and addiction in the UK and modernise and legalise", the report says. (See also: Cannabis legalisation 'could raise £1bn a year for UK')