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The BBC reports..
A call for Guernsey to legalise cannabis is set to be debated by the island’s government in 2022.
Deputy Marc Leadbeater is behind the move, following his resignation from the Committee for Home Affairs.
He is proposing a political petition or requete, which if put forward by seven States members means the issue has to go before the States of Guernsey.
Currently medicinal cannabis that meets certain conditions can be prescribed to islanders.
Outside these exceptions the cultivation, supply, import and sale of cannabis are illegal.
Cannabis is a Class B drug and its possession can result in a prison sentence.
Mr Leadbeater said: “I am already in advanced talks with a group of like-minded deputies looking at bringing the long overdue cannabis debate to the assembly in the first half of 2022.”
He said before the debate they would be “embarking on a massive education drive” among their colleagues.
Mr Leadbeater expected to ask the States to task the Committee for Health and Social Care with investigating the introduction of a regime “similar to the Canadian public health focussed model”.
Read more at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-59132753
