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Huppert: British drug policy is not working

November 19, 2011 10:46 AM

huppert• [Nov 17] Julian Huppert and Molly Meacher write: BRITISH drug policy is not working. This week we have learned that the UK spends 0.48% of GDP on drug prevention - more than any other country in Europe - but has one of the highest levels of drug use, with more than three million users in 2009-10 . .

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1961 UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The all-party parliamentary group for drug policy reform is marking this anniversary with a top-level summit of government representatives from 14 countries with senior UK delegates. The event, taking place this week, will launch the Global Commission Report on Drug Policy in the UK, it will present recent research and country experiences of evidence-based health-orientated policies and it will discuss how to move forward despite the criminalising UN conventions.

The time has come for the UK government to decide what it will do to help promote this agenda. Britain still has the opportunity to be a world leader.

• British drug policy is not working [Comment is Free Nov 17]

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