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Norman Lamb, the Lib Dem health spokesman, has asked the review to look at international examples of where cannabis has been legalised, including in Colorado, Washington and Uruguay.
Mr Lamb argued it was time to stop cannabis convictions “blighting” people’s careers.
“We must end the hypocrisy of senior politicians admitting to using cannabis in younger years – and describing it as ‘youthful indiscretions’ – whilst condemning tens of thousands of their less fortunate fellow countrymen and women to criminal records for precisely the same thing, blighting their careers,” he said.
The panel will be chaired by Steve Rolles, from the drugs charity Transform, and includes former government drug adviser Sir David Nutt, former police chief Tom Lloyd, and Niamh Eastwood, the director of another drugs charity, Release.
Mr Lamb added: “I share people’s concerns about the health impacts of any drug – legal or illegal. But we can better manage...
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