North Wales police boss welcomes MPs’ call to decriminalise cannabis

The North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner has welcomed a report from a group of cross-party MPs who predict the UK will fully legalise cannabis within five to 10 years.

Arfon Jones, a former police inspector, is a long-time advocate of drugs reform and now agrees with MPS on the call now to decriminalise cannabis.

Afron Jones mentions that:

"I very much welcome this report and an important contribution to the debate about our antiquated drugs legislation which is not fit for purpose.

We lost the war against drugs a long time ago and it is time we recognised this and tried a new approach.

I also sense the tide of public opinion is turning in favour of doing things differently."

Meanwhile cannabis has been made legal for medical use. Members of Parliament feel in the next ten years it will become legal for everyone who wishes to use the drug.