Sir Sadiq Khan has backed the “compelling, evidence-led” case for possessing small amounts of cannabis to be decriminalised because of the “damage” stop-and-search causes to police relations with ethnic communities.
The London mayor’s controversial three-year study into policing the Class B drug has concluded it is “disproportionate” for enforcement under the Misuse of Drugs Act to continue when compared to the harms of other illegal substances.
