Angela Rayner: I’ve taken all sorts — but we won’t legalise cannabis

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• EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t understand this thinking for not legalising it. It could raise a lot of taxes desperately needed and at the same time save money for the police. It’s already used medicinally so it’s clear they see a benefit to it.

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  • tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It would cost them votes with a certain group of voters who would make this a capital offence if they could.

    It doesn’t really impact MPs, see the studies into drug use at the HoP or even this articles headline, so why bother risking losing important votes in swing seats? If the police started throwing MPs in jail for drug use then you’d see something done quite quickly.

    Much like a lot of these wedge issues such as abortion there are a few nutters in the HoP who are rabidly opposed to it on moral grounds and a few whose husbands own legal medical cannabis farms who frankly don’t want the competition.

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  • Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    save money for the police

    No! It doesn’t work that way. Like at all. Legalizing will make police tremendously poorer. Found a joint? Got a few pounds in the pocket. The owner is released. Until next time. Next joint. And next banknote. Infinite money! Where the fuck would police get money if weed and prostitution would be legalized?

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    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      fines etc do not go to the police in the UK.

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    • sicjoke@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      transformdrugs.org/…/High_Returns_Full_Report.pdf

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