Britain ’s drug laws are in the dark ages. Billy Caldwell’s case proves it | Simon Jenkins

How can Sajid Javid deny long-term access to the cannabis oil that would control this boy ’s epilepsy? This cruelty must endWhat kind of country gets a politician rather than a doctor to prescribe medicine for a sick child? When the home secretary, Sajid Javid,decided at the weekend to allow 12-year-old Billy Caldwell “one bottle” of cannabis oil, his spokeswoman said it was an exceptional case to meet “a short-term emergency”. The only emergency was to the home secretary’s reputation. Britain is like a banana republic, in which politicians, not judges, decide who goes to jail.Related:Legalising cannabis ‘could earn Treasury £3.5bn’Continue reading...
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