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Why can’t our politicians come clean on drugs?

Simon Jenkins
27.04.10 

 

What is the single most curable evil afflicting community life in London? The answer is the criminalisation of drug use under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act. 

It blights half the capital's youth at some stage or other. It hovers as a black cloud over every neighbourhood, pub and street corner. It causes crime and gangland disorder. It packs the courts and fills the prisons. It costs billions of pounds in personal loss and public spending.

Needless to say, not one party in the current General Election is prepared to discuss it. As a result, London is about to be taught a lesson in social policy by, of all places, America.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_1971

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_UK_election