The Home Office has blasted the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan after he is backing a “ridiculous” plan to decriminalise a class B drug.
The Mayor’s London drugs Commission is recommending that cannabis could be used for “personal use” and that small quantities should not be a criminal offence.
The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s department said they have “no intention” to change the law over smoking or being in possession of cannabis.
However, the police are not “really interested” to enforce the law and they are far from being “in charge.”
City Hall Tories leader Susan Hall told GB News that the Mayor must “get a grip on London’s real needs” instead of “pushing a drug.”
She added, “In the midst of a crime wave, as our streets become more and more antisocial, the Mayor’s bright idea is to add the stink of cannabis into the mix – legally.
“How he expects officers to differentiate between legal and illegal amounts on the spot is beyond me, and that’s before you consider what else someone might be carrying.
“He talks a big game about mental health and here he is pushing a drug that we know makes it far worse.
“Simply ridiculous pie-in-the-sky ideas from a man who cannot get a grip on London’s real needs.”
Nick Timothy MP, the former advisor to Theresa May said, “This guy will do literally anything other than the job he is elected to do. And if it means being even softer on crime than he is, then apparently so much the better.”
While ex-Brexit negotiator Lord Frost furiously said, “Time to point out the obvious, which is that in large parts of London cannabis already IS effectively decriminalised.
“Near me, and elsewhere, it is smoked and traded with apparent impunity.
“It is what contributes to the sense in many parts of London that the authorities aren’t really interested in enforcing the law and indeed aren’t really in charge.”
The Home Office said in a statement, “We will continue to work with partners across health, policing and wider public services to drive down drug use, ensure more people receive timely treatment and support, and make our streets and communities safer.
“We have no intention of reclassifying cannabis from a class B substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act.”
