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Cannabis

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 July 2025UIN 63123

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the cost of policing the supply of cannabis.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Dame Carol Black Independent Review of Drugs (2020) is the most recent estimate of the total cost of drug-related enforcement costs.

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