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UK: Police want softer approach to drug users

The Telegraph

Thursday 02 May 2002

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BRITAIN'S police chiefs are to call for heroin and cocaine users to be sent
for treatment rather than be prosecuted, according to reports.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is also set to adopt a more
relaxed approach towards people caught with small amounts of cannabis,
reports say. ACPO's statement reportedly says it looks forward to the time
when those who appear in court for misuse of Class A drugs have immediate
access to treatment.

This should sometimes be a real alternative to a caution or conviction, the
statement goes on to say. But chief constables reportedly remain opposed to
the decriminalisation of drugs and are also against the downgrading of
Ecstasy from Class A to Class B.

Commander Andy Hayman, the Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
said: "Greater use of treatment is the real option. Use of Class A drugs is
a health issue but we are giving a punitive response."

 

 

 

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