Denis Kilcommons looks at both sides of the legalisation of cannabis debate

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It's strange how reports sometimes coincide. County Durham police said they would no longer prosecute growers of cannabis in small quantities for home use and an online petition launched by Aberystwyth University student James Owen has forced MPs to consider a Westminster debate into legalising the drug.

Are we on the path to enlightenment? Or the road to perdition?

In response to Durham’s decision to focus police attention on more serious crime because of budget cuts, West Yorkshire Police confirmed their policy of prosecution remains the same for cultivators of the weed.

Which made me think that landholders in the North might be tempted to divide their acreage into allotments and let them to amateur horticulturists south of their borders.

Obviously, growing whole fields of marijuana would be against the spirit of the legal laxity.

Gardeners would be required to plant rows of peas, beans, carrots,mint and parsley, as well...

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