Leicester East MP
Keith Vaz will chair a conference on UK and global drug policies on Thursday.
The discussion comes after Uruguay and Washington State recently legalised cannabis.
The
Home Affairs Committee will revisit the issue of drug policies on March
12th after a major inquiry on the subject was published in December
2012.
People in Leicester were asked for their opinions
on drug policies in that inquiry with around 4,500 people voting on
whether cannabis should be legalised in a Leicester Mercury poll.
Keith Vaz MP
Mr Vaz said: "The Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry on
the future of the UK's drug laws in 2012 took us to the United States,
Portugal and Colombia.
"It also featured Leicester, which was one of the four cities where we sought the public's views on this issue.
"4,500 people voted in a Leicester Mercury poll on whether possession of Cannabis should be legalised.
"Since
that poll, Uruguay, Colorado and Washington State have all passed
measures legalising cannabis, so I am sure people in Leicester, and
across the UK, will be just as interested in this topic now as they were
in 2012.
"I hope people will once again put forward
their views before Thursday's conference, and the people of Leicester
can make their voices heard."
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