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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nick Statham

'Our cannabis laws are knackered': Ex-cop councillor says it's time to end the 'status quo' and legalise marijuana

An ex-cop councillor has called for cannabis to be legalised, claiming the current laws for tackling the Class B drug are "knackered".

Coun Matt Wynne previously served with Cheshire Police, but now represents the people of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, while studying for a graduate diploma in law.

He recently accompanied police on a raid of a Stockport house where cannabis was being grown on a ‘commercial scale’.

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