Lib Dems 'To Stop Drug Users Going To Jail'
By Joanna Simpson, Sky News Reporter
The Liberal Democrats are announcing that if they win the next General Election they will stop people found in possession of drugs for personal use being sent to jail.
The manifesto pledge will state that if no other offence has been committed an alternative sentence should be given instead of a prison term.
The effective decriminalisation they say would be more effective as it should be regarded as a health issue therefore the drugs and alcohol policy would be removed from the Home Office brief and given to the Department of Health.
The party states that each year more than 1,000 people in England in Wales are jailed for possession of drugs for their own personal use.
It says the £5m would be better spent tackling addiction in the community as many of those imprisoned have a medical problem.
Civil penalties such as warnings...
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