No cannabis plants handed over to police

People with Hugo Rifkind

The Times

Officials hazy over mission marijuana

NO FEWER than six senior members of the Cabinet have been in possession of cannabis this week.

Well, sort of. The Welsh drugs campaigner Jeff Ditchfield had cannabis plants delivered to 10 Downing Street, the Treasury, the Ministry of Defence, the Attorney-General, the Home Office and the occasional Welsh Secretary, Peter Hain. In a covering letter, Ditchfield pleaded with ministers to “amend legislation to allow a specific defence for the cultivation and medicinal use of cannabis”.

Mystifyingly, Scotland Yard has no knowledge of any cannabis plants having been handed in by anyone. So where did all the doobie go? “Ours did go to the police,” a Welsh Office spokesman said, slightly defensively. “I’m sure of it.” Downing Street was a little more vague. “I, uh, don’t really know about that,” said a press officer in ponderous and (dare we say it) hazy tones, before promising to, like, look into it.

We didn’t bother with any of the others. Even if they had managed to answer their telephones, they’d probably have been unable to say anything sensible

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