Archive: Decriminalisation Of Drugs

Prison governors hit out at war on drugs

Even prison officers have joined the call for drug law reform

Prison governors have joined the ever-growing list of professional associations and celebrities calling for a rethink of the war on drugs, in a further sign of a sea-change in attitudes.

'We've lost the war on drugs' Ken Clarke admits

Clegg: We're losing war on drugs 'on an industrial scale'

Analysis: Will Cameron be the prime minister who admits the war on drugs has failed?

Comment: Everything Lansley said about drugs is inaccurate

Niamh Eastwood: 'The debate on drug policy and drug treatment is difficult enough in the UK without politicians espousing information that is incorrect.'

Irrational, reactionary and factually wrong: Andrew Lansley really ticked all the boxes with his response to drugs policy.

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Comment: What can the UK learn from New Zealand's radical new drugs bill?

Kya Suleyman: 'This bill is, without a doubt, the first in what will be a series of attempts to really address the root cause of drug abuse: the black market.'

The Kiwis are following a path of harm minimisation rather than criminalisation - and it's about time the UK followed their lead.

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Comment: The sloppy journalism which misrepresents cannabis use

Ewan Hoyle: 'Would legalising cannabis lead to a more sensible alignment of moral and criminal boundaries? I think on balance it would.'

Last week's reporting on the effects of decriminalising marijuana was remarkably misguided. The evidence suggests legalisation is the right course of action.

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Another day, another call for drug legalisation

New legal highs are coming on the market every week

The seemingly endless series of reports from parliamentary committees and expert organisations calling for reform of Britain's drug policy continued today, after a cross-party group of peers called for a change in the law.

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The Week in Review: How not to introduce gay marriage

Messing up marriage? Cameron's pitch for gay marriage is starting to go all 'omnishambles'.

Cameron starts the week a liberal hero... and ends it proposing the first anti-gay law since Section 28.

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Clegg: We're losing war on drugs 'on an industrial scale'

Nick Clegg: Breaks ranks with Cameron on drugs

Nick Clegg has broken ranks with the prime minister on drugs reform, just five days after his coalition partner ruled out a royal commission on decriminalisation.

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Analysis: Will Cameron be the prime minister who admits the war on drugs has failed?

'The conditions are ideal for a rethink on drug policy.'

David Cameron could launch the biggest rethink of British drug policy for 40 years today, but does he have the bravery to see it through?

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'We've lost the war on drugs' Ken Clarke admits

'The government will not legalise drugs' says Ken Clarke

There has been no progress in the government's drug policy, Ken Clarke admitted to the home affairs committee today.

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Comment: What would the world look like after the war on drugs?

Steve Rolles: ’What will the world look like after the war on drugs?'

The argument for legalising drugs is now mainstream, but are there practical models for how we would go about it?

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Official advisers demand drug decriminalisation

Advisers to the government recommend 'creative sentencing' for drug use

Drug users should be given "creative civil punishments" rather than jail sentences, according to the government’s own expert advisers.

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