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Letter: 'Drugs war' failing
The Daily Telegraph (UK) Thursday 09 Sep 1999 Subj: Letter: 'Drugs war' failing Source: The Daily Telegraph (UK) Pubdate: 9 September 1999 Author: Lord Mancroft, Vice Chairman, Parliamentary All Party Misuse of Drugs Group Letters 'Drugs war' failing SIR James Delingpole (article, Sept. 4) made the case for legalising drugs that I have been advocating for some time. Successive governments have spent more and more money waging their "war on drugs", during which time drug use has increased unchecked, and with it the crime that is the inevitable consequence of prohibition. At the same time, health care for drug addicts, which is demonstrably successful, is starved of resources, because so much is spent on police, probation and legal costs. The cornerstone of the Government's strategy, apart from its reliance on the criminal justice system, is to prevent young people experimenting with drugs by educating them about the consequences. Evidence suggests this will be about as effective as sex education has been in reducing the number of children giving birth to children. The solution is to end the prohibition that turns addicts (and other users) into criminals, and destroy the multi-billion black market that results from it. Unfortunately, this will not happen while we have political leaders who prefer to tell voters what they think they want to hear, rather than demonstrate the courage needed to admit that they have failed. Lord Mancroft Vice Chairman, Parliamentary All Party Misuse of Drugs Group London SW1
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