Govt will not support dangerous cannabis call
MPs have spoken out against the legalisation of cannabis during a Parliamentary debate.
A Westminster Hall debate was held on Monday in response to an online petition calling for the production, sale and use of cannabis to be legalised.
Home Office Minister Mike Penning MP said that the Government would not support the call.
‘Disaster’
Cannabis was downgraded from a Class B drug to a Class C drug in 2004 in a move which was later branded a “disaster”.
In the three years following the downgrade, the number of cannabis users receiving NHS treatment doubled. The number of children aged 15-and-under being treated for mental illness also rose dramatically.
Increasing evidence of a link between cannabis use and mental illness was cited by MPs in the debate as they warned against any further liberalisation of drug laws.
adolescents who use cannabis regularly have a significantly higher risk of developing
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