In the late October, David Cameron the English prime minister declared: “I don’t believe in decriminalising drugs that are illegal today. I am a parent with three children, I don’t want to send out a message that somehow taking these drugs is ok or safe” (David Cameron, PM Direct,O2 Call Centre in Runcorn, Cheshire, 29 October 2014). It was after the Liberal Democrat calls for drugs to be decriminalised. Talking about the legalisation of Marijuana has always been a heat debate. Cannabis is a plant which affect the brain and is considered as a psychoactive drug, it can also be used as medicine. The trend in the world tends to decriminalise or legalise the use of cannabis. There is a nuance between decriminalise and legalise: decriminalise does not mean that you can consume it without impunity but it is not a law enforcement priority, like alcohol drunkenness is allowed however public intoxication is an infraction when legalise allows to consume, set up a shop, sell marijuana and the state can impose a tax on it. This essay will weigh the pros and cons of legalising cannabis and if it is legalised how the state …show more content…
It occurs the effect of cannabis. THC acts on specific proteins “cannabinoid receptors”, these are situated on the surface of cells in the brain and some others parts of the body. Cannabis is considered as a Class C drug which means for possession you export yourself to 2 years of imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine and for supply to 14 years imprisonment and/or fine. According to BCS (the British Crime Survey) about 2.6millions people aged between 16 and 59 years in England and Wales reported using cannabis in 2006/2007 among this amount 1.5milllions of people admitted to have consume cannabis during the previous month of the survey. It’s equal to 8.2% and 4.8% of the total population of England and Wale. This portion is not negligible and reveal the real importance of this