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UK: Legalise drugs to beat crime, says Davies

Oldham Evening Chronicle

Thursday 04 Aug 2005

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Oldham Euro-MP Chris Davies claims Britain's drug strategy is putting
billions of pounds into the pockets of criminals and funding terrorist
activities.

Writing in this month's Brussels-based political magazine, the Sprout, the
Liberal Democrat says the prohibition of illegal drugs should be rep-laced
by Government regulation.

Mr Davies said the cost of crimes committed by heroin and cocaine addicts
to fund their habit is said to amount of ukp16 billion per year in the UK
alone.

He said: "Far from preventing the use of illegal drugs, the policy of
prohibition creates the profits which drive the growth of the trade.

"It leads to the corruption of our institutions and provides funds for
terrorism."

Mr Davies believes the introduction of a legally regulated market in drugs
such as cannabis and heroin could reduce crime affecting society and
release huge sums of money to pay for drug-awareness programmes and
rehabilitation schemes.

 

 

 

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