british home secretary/cannabis

[M Holmes]

Ted Jackson writes:


> Thank the creator for a touch of sanity!

Mostly this is so they can legalise prescription cannabis if the
evidence comes in from their research (and this move probably indicates
that they know it will).  Note that it's still possibly 2 years and a
fine for posesssion and 5 years and a fine for supply (including passing
a joint).  Of course they'd have to really want to get someone to do
this, but it is still the law.;

Sanity would be the actual abandonment of Prohibition II. It'd also do
the most financial damage to terrorists, ever. Drugs are the second (to
oil) biggest business in the world, and most of the profit is reaped by
terrorists and criminal gangs. Most of the profit is in the form of
legal risk premium. If legalised, prices would collapse (even given tax
at the alcohol level) and the source of such profits would disappear
overnight. We'd also be able to take 5p off income tax or equivalent
spend elsewhere.

> What's the status of decriminalization in Scotland?

I'm pretty sure it's a reserved power. We do have our own Drug Czar, but
I expect him to toe the Party line.

FoFP