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DURHAM’S Police and Crime Commissioner has confirmed he will not be signing a petition to legalise cannabis as activists declare war on prohibition.
PCC Ron Hogg made international headlines last week after telling The Northern Echo that Durham Police would no longer proactively target cannabis users.
In the days following the contentious announcement, cannabis campaigners launched a petition asking the government to legalise the class-B drug.
The petition now has more than 180,000 signatures, surpassing the 100,000 needed to have the matter debated in Parliament.
As pro-legalisation activists across the world celebrate, the man at the centre of the heated debate firmly confirmed he will not be adding his name to the list.
Instead, Mr Hogg underlined his own stance saying that he supported the decriminalisation of users, not of the drug itself.
He said: “I have always maintained that drugs policy needs reform. And that requires sensible, grown-up debate....
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