Campaigners marched through Cardiff city centre to Cardiff Bay on Saturday calling for the legalisation of cannabis in the UK. Organised by Terry Wakefield, from Cardiff, the protest – the first to happen in Wales since 2019 due to Covid – included around 300 marchers also calling for more openness and education around the use of the drug.
It remains illegal to possess, grow, and distribute cannabis in any form in the UK although it is legal to use for medicinal purposes if prescribed by a doctor. On a weekend where identical marches were also happening across the UK and globally a number of campaigners explained how prescribed cannabis has helped them.
According to the Office for National Statistics since 1995 cannabis has consistently been the most used drug in Wales and England. In 2020 some 7.8% of adults aged 16 to 59 reported using cannabis. According to the figures 18.7% of 18-to-24-year-olds reported using the drug.
