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30 November 2016

Cannabis is harmful, that’s why it needs to be regulated

Prohibition has failed — it is time for an open debate on how best to legislate for the UK's most popular drug.

By Nick Clegg

The news of Donald Trump’s election to the US presidency was a bitter pill for liberals across the world.

But look closely, and there was the thinnest of silver linings: Americans were quietly voting down the war on drugs in a series of popular ballot initiatives.

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