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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Craig Paton

Holyrood Health Secretary opposes Braverman changing cannabis to class A drug

PA Wire

Holyrood Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has hit out at reports that the UK Home Secretary was “receptive” to arguments that cannabis should be a class A drug.

Speaking during a panel discussion at the SNP conference in Aberdeen on Monday, Humza Yousaf said one of the first things he would want to do in a newly independent Scotland would be to implement a “progressive” approach to deal with the drugs crisis.

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