Should the UK Legalise Cannabis?

Leading academics argue the GOVERNMENT should start selling the drug.

  • Ian Hamilton is a mental health lecturer at the University of York 

  • Dr Mark Monaghan is a social policy lecturer at Loughborough University

  • They say cannabis use is falling but more people are using strong strains

  • The government producing marijuana would allow it to control its strength - taking it out of the hands of organised crime and reducing health risks

It has been linked to schizophrenia and some say it is a gateway to harder drugs.

But others argue cannabis could be used as an effective treatment for people with chronic pain conditions.

The debate over whether it should be legalised has raged for decades - and two experts now say it should be decriminalised - and the government should start producing the drug and regulating its sales itself.

Ian Hamilton, a mental...

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