The majority of our online voters in today's debate believe that it should be right to legalise cannabis for recreational use.

This comes after a Cumbria MP called for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use - sparking a row with an aspiring police and crime commissioner.

Tim Farron, the Westmorland and Lonsdale MP, will back a motion calling for his Liberal Democrats party to extend its existing support for the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use to recreational use.

The motion follows the release of findings from an expert, Lib Dem-appointed panel.

Mr Farron becomes the first main party leader to propose decriminalising the drug for social use.

A group promoting the medicinal benefits of cannabis has been hanging hats and scarves around Aberdeen city centre for homeless people to pick up.

Aberdeen Cannabis Social Club, an information-only Facebook group, ran the initiative after receiving a donation from one of its members.

Founding member Scott Kidd, from Aberdeen, said: “They gave us £50, we bought lots of scarves and started wrapping them round poles.

“It’s just one of our initiatives to get things going and get the club out there, let people know that we’re not just crazy people and we want to help.

“I’ve had loads of people on Facebook say they’ve spotted them around town. We’ve got to hope they’ve done some good.”

If you vote for 79-year-old Lee Harris, the first thing he’ll do is legalise weed

AN Omagh native is set to become the poster boy for a new campaign to legalise medicinal marijuana.

Kieran McCrory who was struck down with a brain tumour in 2011 and who is currently recovering from brain surgery, founded Omagh Medicinal Cannabis Support Group last year.

However, in the coming months Kieran will work alongside the on-line magazine and lobbyist VolteFace in a new drive to have Westminster re-think its laws on what Kieran says is a wholly natural remedy for cancer. The campaign is also reportedly set to feature former Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and will be supported by political party CISTA (Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol).

A judge has handed down a reduced sentence to a cannabis grower in the U.K. after sympathizing with his predicament.

20-year-old Joshua Hughes made a bosh job at his first attempt to grow cannabis indoors in order to maintain his 20-a-day joint habit.

His defense lawyer pleaded his case by calling him “dim witted” for flooding his flat which led to his arrest. The judge agreed with the defense and called the defendant “incompetent” in maintaining a grow, and gave him a suspended sentence.

Metro reports:

Customer service skills and a way with words are replacing muscles and a tough reputation, says European drugs agency

Drug dealers are turning from goons to geeks in a trade that is increasingly being conducted online, says a report by the European drugs agency.

Research into internet drug markets by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) suggested the self-regulation of online markets such as Silk Road provide a safer environment for users and dealers of illicit substances.

CANNABIS growing has reached epidemic proportions, a crown court judge has said.

Judge Geraint Walters was speaking in the case of a man who came under pressure over a £2,000 drugs debt and agreed to grow cannabis plants at his home so that he could pay it off.

But police discovered them after a female made an abandoned call from the property in Wrexham.

Officers went to check, could smell cannabis from outside and saw condensation on the windows. Inside they found a grow tent in a bedroom with plants.

Cannabis was in the process of being harvested, explained prosecutor Emmalyne Downing.

Dominic Marsh,of Pont Wen, Caia Park, admitted cannabis production last October but avoided immediate custody.

Lib Dem is first main party leader to propose decriminalisation of drug for recreational use ahead of expert report on ‘legal cannabis market’

Tim Farron is to become the first leader of one of Britain’s main political parties to call for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use after declaring that the war on drugs is over.

In one of the most significant moves by the Liberal Democrats since they were reduced to a shell of just eight MPs at the election, Farron will call on the government to develop a framework for the legal regulation of cannabis.

An elderly hippy aims to campaign for the legalisation of cannabis by joining the mayoral contest — backed by the multi-millionaire founder of social networking site Bebo.

Lee Harris — who 50 years ago was among the first to seek the prohibition of drugs in Britain, is gathering the required signatures in order to compete against Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith and Labour’s Sadiq Khan.

The 79-year-old grandfather, who owns a “head shop” on Portobello Road called Alchemy, was a self-confessed “moral crusader” before changing his outlook. He is now the CISTA (Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol) party candidate, and hopes to “undo the damage” he helped to cause decades ago.