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maltatoday SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2017 News 3 legalisation of personal use Half-gram Gram 3.75 grams 7.5 grams 15 grams 30g or 1oz Half-gram Gram Size guide The average spliff usually has less than half a gram of cannabis drugs has not been decriminal- ised. The police are still chas- ing drug users." AD demanded a model with a social and medical basis that allows those suffering from real addiction to find timely and effective help. AD insists that cannabis ought to be classified separately from other drugs, on the same level as alcohol and cigarettes. "The use of cannabis for medi- cal reasons, despite the rhetoric, is still encountering great resist- ance. This resistance must end immediately," it said. The party is advocating permit- ting licensed and regulated shops to cultivate and sell cannabis, suggesting that the tax revenue from this can then be used on health and social services. It also demands the tax-free cul- tivation of cannabis for personal consumption and the legalisation of the drug for personal use, using the same regulatory structures used for cigarettes. "We feel that the time has come for Malta to take the next step in drug politics – becoming politics with a human face and not one of repression,"AD chairperson Car- mel Cacopardo said. the plant, it is being proposed that 20% to 30% of the income gener- ated from new taxes be allocated to educational and rehabilitation programmes. Medicinal cannabis ReLeaf stressed that medici- nal cannabis must be treated as a medicine "on par" with other prescription medicines requir- ing a doctor's prescription. Any trained doctor would be allowed to prescribe the drug which would be made available in its various forms. If required, doctors would be able to prescribe the drug to patients under 21. To rein in the black market, it is being recommended that anyone caught selling cannabis to minors, or without a licence, be harshly punished