The burning conservative case for legalising cannabis

David Cameron’s government should embrace legalisation – the benefits of doing so would make sound economic sense

ressure for cannabis law reform is gaining international momentum – and Britain is no exception. Last week saw over 100,000 people petitioning the government to introduce a legal and regulated cannabis market. Meanwhile Durham’s police commissioner, Ron Hogg, stated a preference for deprioritising tokers and small-scale growers to “break that cycle [of criminalisation] whilst also having a sensible debate around cannabis”.

Reform can create farmers, harvesters, deliverers, producers of related products such as pipes, cookies and concentrates

The movement for ending cannabis prohibition has had a longstanding association with leftwing and liberal politics, from the anti-war hippies of the 1960s to today’s social activists calling for an end to the unjust treatment and human rights abuses of the people swept up by the drug war. Conservatives have generally been...

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