Written Question·Home Office·UIN 36768

Drugs: Misuse

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 17 March 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of cannabis legalisation on racial disparities in drug-related arrests and sentencing.

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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