Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Nick Clegg may have found £500m for the Treasury (if cannabis is legalised)

A study commissioned by Nick Clegg has found that legalising cannabis would raise taxes worth hundreds of millions of pounds and produce huge savings for the criminal justice system.

Analysis for the Treasury has concluded that regulating cannabis, which was used by more than two million people in the UK last year, could generate "notable tax revenue" and "lead to overall savings to public services" .... http://i100.independent.co.uk