UK: Liberal Democrat Councillor Talks Legalising Cannabis

Earlier this month, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron called for cannabis legalisation in the UK. The party is proposing to table a motion at their annual conference to legalise and regulate medicinal and recreational cannabis. 

Gary Malcolm, Liberal Democrat Councillor in Ealing, gave VolteFace his personal case for drug reform.

Many people ask why I think that cannabis should be legalised, given that I have never smoked a cigarette in my life.

As a graduate in Genetics, my biological and scientific background leads me to form policies based on evidence, while my guiding liberal philosophy leads me to want people to have the chance to make their own decisions.

In this country we have seen government after government not wanting to make serious moves on the issue of legalising cannabis. But, in the UK, opinion polls have shown that the majority of people support the legalisation of cannabis.

Governments have...

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