Legislation seeking to “legalize the sale, supply and use of cannabis for recreational and therapeutic purposes” is scheduled to be debated by London’s House of Commons next week. The bill, sponsored by former Labor and Welsh Health Minister Jon Owens Jones (Cardiff Central), is backed by MPs from all three main political parties but is not expected to become law.
Owens said that it’s clear “that cannabis use is a fact of life and trying to deal with it through the criminal justice system is absurd.”
In July, the House of Commons agreed to begin a formal inquiry on the decriminalization of marijuana.
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