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UK: Legalising cannabis and other drugs would not lead to higher levels of misuse, Home Office study shows

North Devon Journal

Thursday 30 Oct 2014

A NEW official study on drugs is due to be released and the UK Government has said it intends to keep a close eye on the legalisation of cannabis in Uruguay and some states in the US, to see what effects the moves have.

This comes after it was revealed that the Home Office study will release findings that suggest treating drug possession as a health problem rather than a criminal matter has no impact on levels of substance misuse.

But The Government had “absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs”, said a Home Office spokesman.

The report says drug use is not affected by the “toughness” of a country’s enforcement on possession of substances.

David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have previously clashed over Britain’s war on drugs – with the Liberal Democrat leader challenging the Prime Minister to look at issues such as decriminalisation or legalisation of possession.

Danny Kushlick, founder of the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, said: “This is a historic moment in the development of UK drug policy.

“For the first time in over 40 years the Home Office has admitted that enforcing tough drug laws doesn’t necessarily reduce levels of drug use.

“It has also acknowledged that decriminalising the possession of drugs doesn’t increase levels of use.

“Even more, the department in charge of drugs prohibition says it will take account of the experiments in the legal regulation of cannabis in Washington, Colorado and Uruguay.”

http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Legalising-cannabis-drugs-lead-higher-levels/story-23779839-detail/story.html

 

 

 

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