The Council submits that it is inappropriate simply to decriminalise the personal use of cannabis. Such a policy represents an unsatisfactory compromise. If criminal penalties should not be imposed upon the personal use of cannabis, then it is difficult to understand why, in principle, there should be a prohibition on its cultivation and distribution. A policy which legalises or decriminalises personal use, but maintains a prohibition upon the cultivation and sale in large quantities of cannabis simply serves to increase the price of cannabis to users and ensures that the cultivation and supply of cannabis is undertaken by criminal organizations.
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