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Old 08-08-2014, 03:28 PM #1
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Default Nick Clegg to abolish drug laws if Lib Dems win next election

The Deputy Prime Minister's proposal would see prison sentences abolished in England and Wales even for possession of Class A drugs such as heroin and cocaine.


The Lib Dems believe that people who use drugs should be treated for addiction rather than caged behind bars.

The party says 1,000 people a year are jailed for the possession of drugs for their own personal use at a cost to the taxpayer of £5m.

Half of those serving time are in jail for using the Class B drug cannabis.

Mr Clegg told the Sun: “At the moment, we are doing an utterly senseless thing - chucking the people who need treatment behind bars so they simply become even more vulnerable to the criminal gangs who exploited them in the first place.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...#ixzz39oZd6Zzz

Glad he's got something right this time.
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