Medical use also examined in five-year strategy
The possibility of decriminalising possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use is floated in a wide-ranging report on drugs and alcohol.
It's one of the suggestions contained within the document, which has been commissioned as part of a new, five-year substance misuse strategy being put together by the Department of Health and Social Care.
The report is set to be laid before Tynwald next week, but is not due to be debated at this stage.
The report says the department will also review the possible use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and plans to take an evidence-based approach to both matters.
It also suggests introducing a minimum price per unit of alcohol (like Scotland is about to do), in response to research which suggests one in five Island adults drinks at a level which may harm their health.
Other figures revealed in the document include 50% of all arrests in 2014/15 involving alcohol, and 45% of people imprisoned for burglary or theft being dependent on illicit drugs.
It also highlights a 'chronic lack of robust data' in relation to drug and alcohol misuse, making it harder to forecast future service needs, among other things.
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