Chair Lord Falconer said: ‘I’m honoured to have been appointed chair of the London Drugs Commission. The commission will not look at Class A drugs, but will analyse Class B and C drugs with a particular focus on cannabis. Mr Khan, speaking at the Traditional cannabis dispensary and cultivation centre in downtown LA, said an ‘honest, open’ conversation was needed about UK cannabis laws, adding visiting the facility was ‘fascinating’. University College London will provide evidence and assessment to the new panel about the effects of any changes in UK drug laws on criminal justice, health and the economy. London’s Metro newspaper is very excited by the fact that Khan is in Cali looking at cannabis farms.
London’s Metro newspaper is very excited by the fact that Khan is in Cali looking at cannabis farms.
Their reporting illustrates the gulf between the can-do Californians who are getting on with the reality and difficulties of creating a regulated market after 100 years of prohibition, as we suspect Khan would like to do.
Meanwhile, the UK press sniggers in order to sell papers and clickbait and Labour trot out the same old garbage that just emboldens the black market in the UK, which, we suggest, will be minting money, increasing gun and knife violence exponentially in the UK over the next however...
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