Written Question·Home Office·UIN 72822
Cannabis: Misuse
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Jonathan Davies
Labour — Mid Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the most recent assessment of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was conducted; and what evidence base was considered in reaching the conclusions of that as
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Government has not made an assessment of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Ministers have a statutory obligation to receive and consider advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (‘ACMD’) before seeking t...
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