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Leaked Treasury report reveals legalised cannabis could be worth hundreds of millions to the Exchequer

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 10/13/2015 - 05:23

Internal government report claims that legalising cannabis could swell the nation's coffers by as much as £800 million every year

Legalising cannabis would bring in hundreds of millions of pounds in additional taxation and make significant savings in the criminal justice system, a leaked Treasury report has revealed.

 

 

"There are successful cannabis markets emerging in different parts of the world and we should look to learn from these experiences."
Lid Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb

 

The internal Treasury study was commissioned by former Lib Dem deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and would have shaped that party's drug policy had it remained in office.

However following the election, the Conservative government has

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