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.”
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Glad he's got something right this time.
08-08-2014, 03:28 PM
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Nick Clegg to abolish drug laws if Lib Dems win next election
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