DRUG LAW’S ALL TO POT

Last year, 1,584 children were dragged into court for cannabis possession.

Fourteen million Brits have used the drug, 2.4million in the past 12 months alone.

The radical think-tank Radix and former Lib Dem Health minister Sir Norman Lamb (right) argue that legal regulation is the answer.

Norman claims it would lead to reduced use, fewer unsafe high- potency drugs, less crime and £1billion in tax revenues.

Labour’s David Lammy and Tory Jonathan Djanogly say cannabis should be a child protection issue, not a criminal one. Many senior police officers agree.

I would go further. Drug laws in this country are outdated and don’t work.

Portugal decriminalised possession of small amounts of all drugs in 2001 and now has one of the lowest rates of druginduced death in Europe. Fears it would become an international haven for druggies were unfounded.

Better for those at risk of addiction to fall into the caring arms of health professionals than the long arm of the law. MPs were puzzled by Gavin Williamson (left) copping Education in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet shuffle.

He was sacked as Defence Secretary by Theresa May for allegedly leaking security secrets, which he stoutly denies.

Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill said he shouldn’t return. Boris replied: “But I promised him a job.”

Education was the compromise solution as it makes Williamson the one Cabinet minister not required to attend security briefings.