United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 37293
Cannabis: Regulation
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11 March 2025
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17 March 2025 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on the level of police resources for tackling cannabis use of the report by TRANSFORM Drug Policy Foundation, entitled Hig
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11 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on the level of police resources for tackling cannabis use of the report by TRANSFORM Drug Policy Foundation, entitled Hig
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17 March 2025
Answer
This Government has no plans to legalise cannabis.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug is up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.The maximum penalty f...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-11/37293
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1783223
- uk · wq-1783223 · source updated 17 March 2025