Cannabistro hopes to re-imagine the “fine art of getting high” by offering diners four gourmet courses inspired by the herb. Hosted by chefs from London’s Grub Club, the event’s menu promises to chart the journey from “the way up to the inevitable munchies on the way down”.

The evening will be split into two halves with the first half based around getting high. Dishes include oxtail ravioli, homegrown herb, hemp and beef bone broth and hemp-cured mackerel, samphire, beetroot and horseradish.

The second half meanwhile will focus on providing relief from “the munchies”, offering hungry diners a kebab and a Snickers bar.

The Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Norman Lamb has called for the UK to legalise, regulate and tax the sale of cannabis.

The former care minister and MP for North Norfolk said the UK should draw on examples from US states such as Colorado, which legalised the possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use by over-21s in November 2012.

He said he wanted immediate legalisation of the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, and said there should be a swift evidence-based policy change in relation to recreational use.

Cannabis is still an illegal, Class B drug in the United Kingdom — possession could result in up to five years in prison — but U.K. citizens are drawing inspiration from U.S.

A recent Forbes study showed that if the government were to legalise weed, the price of the drug would fall for recreational users and the government would also rake in a load of money from taxes. Following the study, we asked the public a simple question: Should recreational marijuana use be legalised in the UK?

Over 150,000 people had their say and the results had us surprised, with 80% of people thinking that the UK should strongly consider legalising the Class B drug. Just 12% felt the drug should remain illegal, and 8% couldn't make their mind up. 

What do you think? Should weed be legalised in the UK?

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A CHARD man who was found with thousands of pounds worth of cannabis lying around his home and claimed he used liberal amounts in his daily life has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Rastafarian Molly Alcindor said he had been using the drug since the age of 9 and its use for health reasons, for cooking and making tea, as well as recreational smoking was entrenched in his home culture in St Lucia.

Once the numerous quantities of the drug were recovered by police they were analysed and found to be a total of more than 1.7kg with an estimated street value in the region of £17,000.