Pubdate: Fri, 24 May 2002
Source: Yorkshire Post (UK)
Contact:  2002 Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd
Website: http://yorkshirepost.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2239

LAW LORD IN CANNABIS CALL

A former Lord Chief Justice and one of the most distinguished judges in 
England and Wales astonished colleagues yesterday by calling for cannabis 
to be legalised. Lord Bingham of Cornhill, who as the senior law lord heads 
the highest court in the land, said in The Spectator magazine that current 
cannabis laws were "stupid". He backed the conclusions of a report chaired 
by Viscountess Runciman two years ago, which called for widespread 
liberalisation.

When asked whether he would therefore legalise cannabis, Lord Bingham 
replied: "Absolutely. It is stupid having a law which is not doing what it 
is there for."
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