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 Posted: 12:01 - 15 Oct 2012 Post subject: Government to ignore expert's report again |
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so they spend 6 years looking at evidence make there report that cost millions
and the government will ignore it again and carry on regardless
why do they bother getting these commissions to look into thing's when they know unless it says what they want it to it will be ignored
| Quote: | The penalties for drug misuse should be relaxed so that possession of small amounts would no longer be a criminal offence, the government has been urged.
The recommendation comes in a report from the UK Drug Policy Commission, which undertook six years of research.
Its detailed report concludes the UK is wasting much of the £3bn it spends each year on tackling illicit drugs.
The Home Office says drug use is falling and it does not plan to alter its approach.
The report, called A Fresh Approach to Drugs, says the annual estimated cost to England and Wales of class A drug use is £15bn.
It says that while drug use and drug problems have declined in the UK in recent years, there are still about 2,000 drug-related deaths each year and 380,000 problem drug users.
Classification credibility
Some 42,000 people in England and Wales are sentenced annually for drug possession offences and about 160,000 given cannabis warnings, it says, which "amounts to a lot of time and money for police, prosecution and courts".
The commission says giving people cautions and criminal records for having small quantities is not "proportionate" and suggests imposing civil penalties, such as fines, or drug treatment orders instead.
It also recommends individuals who grow a small number of cannabis plants should be treated leniently, to undermine organised crime networks that produce stronger types of cannabis.
However, it does not call for the decriminalisation or legalisation of most drugs.
"We do not believe that there is sufficient evidence at the moment to support the case for removing criminal penalties for the major production or supply offences of most drugs," it said.
It calls for a review of the Misuse of Drugs Act and drugs classification, which it says has "lost credibility" for many people.
It suggests technical decisions about the classification of individual drugs should be taken by an independent body, with parliamentary oversight. |
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 Posted: 12:12 - 15 Oct 2012 Post subject: Re: Government to ignore expert's report again |
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| oldpink wrote: | so they spend 6 years looking at evidence make there report that cost millions
and the government will ignore it again and carry on regardless
why do they bother getting these commissions to look into thing's when they know unless it says what they want it to it will be ignored
| Quote: | The penalties for drug misuse should be relaxed so that possession of small amounts would no longer be a criminal offence, the government has been urged.
The recommendation comes in a report from the UK Drug Policy Commission, which undertook six years of research.
Its detailed report concludes the UK is wasting much of the £3bn it spends each year on tackling illicit drugs.
The Home Office says drug use is falling and it does not plan to alter its approach.
The report, called A Fresh Approach to Drugs, says the annual estimated cost to England and Wales of class A drug use is £15bn.
It says that while drug use and drug problems have declined in the UK in recent years, there are still about 2,000 drug-related deaths each year and 380,000 problem drug users.
Classification credibility
Some 42,000 people in England and Wales are sentenced annually for drug possession offences and about 160,000 given cannabis warnings, it says, which "amounts to a lot of time and money for police, prosecution and courts".
The commission says giving people cautions and criminal records for having small quantities is not "proportionate" and suggests imposing civil penalties, such as fines, or drug treatment orders instead.
It also recommends individuals who grow a small number of cannabis plants should be treated leniently, to undermine organised crime networks that produce stronger types of cannabis.
However, it does not call for the decriminalisation or legalisation of most drugs.
"We do not believe that there is sufficient evidence at the moment to support the case for removing criminal penalties for the major production or supply offences of most drugs," it said.
It calls for a review of the Misuse of Drugs Act and drugs classification, which it says has "lost credibility" for many people.
It suggests technical decisions about the classification of individual drugs should be taken by an independent body, with parliamentary oversight. |
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There is still misuse of drugs no matter what.
I agree that it should be licenced to maybe reduce the harm but the harm is done anyway.
If no money to feed the habit then users will resort to crime. If regulated perhaps the tax earned could be used to fight the crime but then the crime would stop and the tax would drop as the black market would supply.
The government do not have the answers to human nature.
I have. If you do something bad whilst out of your face on drugs/alcohol then you will be banished from society to live on the Isle of Wight.
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 Posted: 12:26 - 15 Oct 2012 Post subject: |
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| UKDPC Publications wrote: |
Politicians’ views on drug policy
Among those polled:
Clear majorities of politicians (at least 60%) in each body disagreed with the statement that current policies are effective in tackling the problems caused by illegal drugs. MPs were most likely to think this (77%) compared with 67% of AMs and 60% of MSPs.
Similarly, majorities of politicians felt that it can be difficult to have an objective debate about the best solution because drug policy is such a controversial issue. Here again MPs were most likely to agree with this statement (75% did) compared with 63% of AMs and 57% of MSPs.
At least two thirds of politicians in each body agreed that the process of making policy about illegal drugs should make more use of evidence and research than it currently does. In this case there was less difference between MPs (76% agreed) and MSPs (70%) or AMs (67%).
Only minorities of politicians in each body (between a quarter and a third) support consideration of changes to the drug laws so that possession of small quantities of currently illegal drugs for personal use only is not treated as a criminal offence.
While in Scotland, a majority of MSPs want more control over drug policy (68% do), Welsh Assembly Members are more evenly split on the question (44% agree and 48% disagree). Policy on drug misuse is mainly devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies but with some aspects reserved to Westminster, notably in relation to the legislation for the control of drugs.
In general, there was little difference in attitudes to current drug policy between MPs from coalition parties and Labour MPs. Both groups were equally likely to disagree (76%) that current policies are effective in tackling the problems caused by illegal drugs although Labour MPs were more likely to disagree strongly.
In addition Labour MPs were more likely than coalition MPs (83% compared with 69%) to agree that “The process of making policy about illegal drugs in the UK should make more use of evidence and research than it currently does”.
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So in a nutshell politicians want more evidence based decision making, but are going to ignore the evidence because its too controversial, even though the current situation isn't working.  ____________________ They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa, hey-hey,
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THE WAR ON DRUGS!
Shit, if we knew what we do now about them then, things would have been different.
It's been something like 40 years now and it's still on going. We have a large number of people from that era who repeat the same shite that was just as misguided and ill informed back then. It really is sad we've spent so much money on so called studies and then ignored the results.
I think it was in the 60's in the US. They pumped a chimp full of about 60 high grade spliffs. The poor thing lost brain cells due to lack of oxygen, they claimed it was simply a bad drug. Something as crude and pointless as that, still stands today.
If you watch some of the videos on the build up to the ban on youtube, there are many white folk in suits talking about black people smoking it and creating the devils music.  ____________________ Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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I just wish they fucking legalised it, I don't do it but I'm sick of seeing spacktards from school making a living from it
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 13 years, 329 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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