Man jailed after discovery of cannabis factory (From This Is Local London)

We need to stop this stupid and unwinnable war against cannabis. It is causing far more harm to our communities than it prevents. If we had a properly regulated system of production and supply we'd have no more illegal cannabis farms, instead we'd have thousands of new jobs. We'd have no more dealers on the streets. Cannabis would be available to adults only through licensed outlets and we'd have some control over the THC and CBD content.

Doctors would be able to prescribe one of the most effective medicines that has no serious side effects at all. At the moment the government has given GW Pharmaceuticals an illegal monopoly on cannabis so they make millions out of a medicine that you can grow in your greenhouse for virtually nothing.

If we introduced a legally regulated system we would solve nearly all the problems around cannabis. Science proves how much safer it is than tobacco, alcohol, prescription medicines and all other recreational drugs. If anyone does have a problem with it they could get help without having to confess to a crime.

CLEAR published independent, expert research last year which shows that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion per annum.

It is a scandal that our government, our judges, our courts, our police and our newspapers keep misleading us about cannabis. Find out the truth for yourself and wake up to the lies you have been told.

300 plants is nothing. GW Pharma grow 60,000 potent cannabis plants somewhere in Kent. They extract all the ingredients and bottle it. It's called Sativex (or Nabiximols). It's Cannabis in a bottle.
So why don't the workers at GWP get arrested and incarcerated for growing 200 x the number this man was growing. It will cost the taxpayer £100,000 to jail this man for a victimless crime. We are being lied to while politicians line their pockets with their big pharma dividends.