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UK: Light drug users 'should not get criminal records'

The Telegraph

Monday 15 Oct 2012

Those caught with small amounts of drugs should be fined and not given criminal records, a report says.

The UK Drug Policy Commission, which carried out a six-year study, has called for a "wholesale review" of drugs laws and the classification system.

It likened some drug use to "moderately selfish behaviour" such as "gambling or eating junk food".

The report said that possession of small amounts for personal use should be a civil offence. It argued that many otherwise law-abiding young adults are criminalised and this is not always effective in promoting responsible behaviour.

The commission urged Parliament "to revisit the penalties applied to all drug offences and particularly those concerned with production and supply", but stopped short of calling for the decriminalisation or legalisation of most drugs.

Its six-year study found much of the £3?billion Britain spends each year on tackling illicit drugs was not based on evidence.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9608464/Light-drug-users-should-not-get-criminal-records.html

 

 

 

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