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Should we legalise cannabis?

BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4507 (Published 04 July 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4507
  1. Fiona Godlee, editor in chief
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In any public debate there may come a point when the evidence for a shift in direction clearly outweighs that against. Has this point been reached for drug policy reform?

Several UK medical bodies have decided it has. The Royal College of Physicians of London, the Faculty of Public Health, and the Royal Society for Public Health all now support decriminalising non-medical use of drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, and heroin. In this they agree with the World Health Organization and the …

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