Bradford Leigh drug raid pair in court (From This Is Wiltshire)

We need to stop this stupid and unwinnable war against cannabis. It is causing far more harm to our communities than it prevents. If we had a properly regulated system of production and supply we'd have no more illegal cannabis farms, instead we'd have thousands of new jobs. We'd have no more dealers on the streets. Cannabis would be available to adults only through licensed outlets and we'd have some control over the THC and CBD content.

Doctors would be able to prescribe one of the safest and most effective medicines that has no serious side effects at all. At the moment the government has given GW Pharmaceuticals an illegal monopoly on cannabis so they make millions out of a medicine that you can grow in your greenhouse for virtually nothing.

If we introduced a legally regulated system we would solve nearly all the problems around cannabis. Science proves how much safer it is than tobacco, alcohol, prescription medicines and all other recreational drugs. If anyone does have a problem with it they could get help without having to confess to a crime.

CLEAR published independent, expert research last year which shows that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion per annum.

It is a scandal that our government, our judges, our courts, our police and our newspapers keep misleading us about cannabis. Find out the truth for yourself and wake up to the lies you have been told..

GW pharma grow thousands of cannabis plants in Kent. High grade Skunk, (Skunk is slang for selectively bred cross-pollinated cannabis plant, separating the females from males for a better yield, flavour and to make it seedless, 'Skunk' is also the name of a very specific strain of cannabis, kind of like 'White Widow' or 'Purple Haze', but i guess mind-bending super-potent drug sounds better for someone who has an agenda to push) So even though our government say 'No medicinal value in cannabis' They allow GW pharma to sell it expensively as medicine. They grow the same 'Skunk' the 'yoofs' smoke today, the only difference is they extract the oils from it and make tinctures. Yes, it does get you high, it would at 51% THC(Stronger than any 'Skunk') But they describe it as 'euphoric mood'. Weird how on the side of the Sativex tincture, it doesn't say anything about mental illness in the list of side effects...You would think such a 'dangerous' plant would have a BIG WARNING on the side

I don't see any crime here. I see a man cultivating a plant, which when harvested produces a reaction in humans that is less dangerous than caffeine, alcohol or nicotine. No, I don't see a crime, I see a gigantic waste of public money for a photo opportunity.