"The force says thirty five arrests were made in connection with drug dealing, cuckooing, burglary and weapons offences as they sought to disrupt a number of county lines." How many of these problems would disappear if we were to stop treating drug addiction as a criminal problem and start treating it as a public health problem?
Drugs cause a huge amount of harm to addicts, to the young people seduced or forced into county lines slavery and to the people the addicts have to rob to feed their habit. Drugs also consume a vast amount of police time and money. Our current policy of criminalization has failed for over 60 years now. Why on earth would we stick with it?
Having listened to expert advice from both the legal and health sectors it's clear that we need a different approach. A Green government would replace prohibition with a legalised, regulated system of drug control. Drugs that pose the highest risks would be subject to the heaviest regulation; less risky drugs would be subject to lighter regulation. Routine custodial sentencing for non-violent drug offences would be abolished. This would lift a huge burden from our police service and our prison system. It would also reduce our drugs death rate, the highest in Europe, from accidental overdoses from unknown strength drugs and poisoning from adulterated drugs. The criminal gangs wouldn't like the loss of income, but we in the Green Party will only be playing our smallest violin for them.
While we do not want to get into a tit for tat exchange, a man whose face immediately makes me wonder if I get a free garlic bread with it, should perhaps not be making kitchen and food based jokes about others in public....
As long as Arnull holds out from dealing with Councillor York he is going to come under fire.
"The force says thirty five arrests were made in connection with drug dealing, cuckooing, burglary and weapons offences as they sought to disrupt a number of county lines." How many of these problems would disappear if we were to stop treating drug addiction as a criminal problem and start treating it as a public health problem?
Drugs cause a huge amount of harm to addicts, to the young people seduced or forced into county lines slavery and to the people the addicts have to rob to feed their habit. Drugs also consume a vast amount of police time and money. Our current policy of criminalization has failed for over 60 years now. Why on earth would we stick with it?
Having listened to expert advice from both the legal and health sectors it's clear that we need a different approach. A Green government would replace prohibition with a legalised, regulated system of drug control. Drugs that pose the highest risks would be subject to the heaviest regulation; less risky drugs would be subject to lighter regulation. Routine custodial sentencing for non-violent drug offences would be abolished. This would lift a huge burden from our police service and our prison system. It would also reduce our drugs death rate, the highest in Europe, from accidental overdoses from unknown strength drugs and poisoning from adulterated drugs. The criminal gangs wouldn't like the loss of income, but we in the Green Party will only be playing our smallest violin for them.
Mark Arnull consulted his "granny", who said " you can defend who you like son, of you go".🤣🤣🤣
While we do not want to get into a tit for tat exchange, a man whose face immediately makes me wonder if I get a free garlic bread with it, should perhaps not be making kitchen and food based jokes about others in public....
Although I agree completely with your comments, i do not think they are capable to understand the "finesse" of your statement. Well said Simon.