Think Tank calls for Legalisation of Cannabis
The Scottish Futures Forum a social policy think tank has called for consideration to be given to legalisation of Cannabis.
The forum claims evidence from the Netherlands and the USA suggests that when cannabis is legalised (as in the Netherlands) there is a reduced probability of users moving on to harder drugs. The Forum claims most legal cannabis sellers in the Netherlands have no connection with harder drugs whilst in America where cannabis sale is illegal more than half drug sellers seek to sell cannabis and harder drugs.
The suggestion is floated by the forum as a contribution to the continuing drugs debate in Scotland where addiction rates are moving inexorably upwards. Several politicians immediately came out against the idea, with the exception of Patrick Harvie MSP of the Green Party who congratulated the Forum on the report.
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