Written Question·Home Office·UIN 36756

Cannabis: Regulation

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 17 March 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential annual public spending savings that could be achieved through the legal regulation of cannabis.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

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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