Medical marijuana decriminalisation backed at SNP conference

The decriminalisation of cannabis for medicinal use has been overwhelmingly backed by Scottish National Party (SNP) delegates at the party’s conference. Use of cannabis is currently outlawed across the UK but SNP party members called for the UK government to devolve power over the class B drug to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

The resolution to decriminalise the drug was proposed in an impassioned speech by Ayr North representative Laura Brennan-Whitefield, who said she became aware of the medicinal use of cannabis in her time as a…