Lilley's call to legalise cannabis welcomed
Drug pressure groups today welcomed a call to legalise cannabis by former Conservative Party deputy leader Peter Lilley.
Mr Lilley, writing in today's Daily Telegraph, urged Tory leadership contenders to urgently think about liberalising the laws on cannabis.
His comments were welcomed by drugs charity Release, which said a change in cannabis laws was "long overdue."
Mr Lilley argued, in a move likely to shock many Tory traditionalists, that one of the biggest handicaps the Conservatives faced during the General Election was the perception that their policies were negative and punitive.
"On crime and asylum-seekers as well as drugs, Conservatism seemed to be about locking people up," he wrote.
"It ought to be about setting people free.
Nothing could more vividly dramatise reaffirmation of our belief in freedom and personal responsibility than to move clearly in favour of liberalising the law on cannabis."
The Social Market Foundation think-tank was today...
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