SADIQ Khan’s barmy plan to legalise weed on the capital’s streets are up in smoke after Priti Patel slammed the idea. The Home Secretary told the London Mayor to focus on soaring crime rates on his…
In a rebuke on Twitter, Ms Patel said: "Sadiq Khan's time would be better spent focusing on knife and drug crime in London. The Mayor has no powers to legalise drugs. They ruin communities, tear apart families and destroy lives."
Mr Khan praised the "high standards" of legalised cannabis farms in the US during a tour of the country. Former justice secretary Lord Charlie Falconer QC has been appointed as chairman of the first London Drugs Commission, which will use research from University College London and particularly focus on the class B drug cannabis but will not consider class A drugs.
Mr Khan said an "honest, open" conversation was needed about UK cannabis laws and he hopes the panel will look at "what happens elsewhere in the world where the laws have been changed".
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