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UK drug advisers recommended decriminalising possession in 2016, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)
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The report sent to the then home secretary by the former chair of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs highlighted a number of serious concerns around criminalising drug use. It is the only ACMD report not to have been published.

It said there was “little consistent international evidence that the criminalisation for possession of drugs for personal use is effective in reducing drug use”, that the UK was not required to criminalise drug use under its treaty obligations, and that criminalisation harmed people’s educational and employment prospects.

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[–] byroon 12 points 1 year ago

Honestly I'd be more surprised if the government managed to find someone with any kind of scientific standing willing to say criminalisation is a good idea