New Delhi, May 28 -- London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged the government to decriminalise small quantities of natural cannabis, saying the current laws "cannot be justified." His comments came after a fresh report by the London Drugs Commission (LDC) found that the current laws on cannabis were "disproportionate to the harms it can pose," following a study of how the drug is policed around the world. Khan himself set up LDC in 2022.

"I've long been clear that we need fresh thinking on how to reduce the substantial harms associated with drug-related crime in our communities," the London mayor said on Wednesday, reported the Guardian.

According to the Daily Mail, the commission, chaired by the former Labour cabinet minister Lord Charlie Falconer...