Forward of this 12 months’s Hashish Europa convention, going down between 24–25 June 2025 on the Barbican Centre, London, Prohibition Companions have despatched an open invitation to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to talk publicly on the landmark suggestions of the London Medication Fee (LDC) in the course of the occasion.
Earlier this week, Enterprise of Hashish reported that the LDC, arrange by Khan virtually precisely three years in the past, had revealed its ultimate report on the state of UK drug coverage, discovering that ‘wholesale prohibition treats hashish in a way that’s disproportionate to its harms’, notably for ethnic minorities within the capital.
Amongst its core suggestions to handle this imbalance is the reclassification of hashish, eradicating it from the Misuse of Medication Act 1971 (MDA) to the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (PSA), successfully decriminalising the possession of hashish, whereas different hashish offences like distribution or cultivation would stay criminally punishable.
The letter, penned by the occasion’s organisers, praises Khan’s function in commissioning the impartial evaluation however says now’s the time for ‘readability, braveness, and motion’ in shaping hashish reform.
Prohibition Companions and Hashish Europa say they’ve waited patiently for the conclusion of the LDC evaluation and are calling on the Mayor to handle its findings on stage earlier than a world viewers.
The European hashish trade is making ready to descend on Berlin and London for European Hashish Week the place the most recent insights from the world’s main voices will take centre stage throughout 4 separate occasions going down from June 19-25.
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