Drugs: Misuse
The question
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.
Answered by 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 for supply and production of a Class B drug is up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.
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