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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Met chief says decriminalising cannabis ‘not something we’re calling for’

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan urged the Government to consider the decriminalisation of some cannabis possession (PA) - (PA Archive)

The head of the UK’s largest police force has opposed the Mayor of London’s call to decriminalise some cannabis possession.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said drug use is a “big issue” for communities, driving anti-social behaviour and acquisitive crime, and that a change in the law on cannabis is “not something we’re calling for”.

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