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Nick Clegg launches campaign to persuade EU leaders to back reform of drug laws

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 08:39

Nick Clegg is launching a campaign to persuade EU leaders to back global reform of drugs laws, warning that the current punitive approach has failed to curb the multibillion trade in illicit substances and has criminalised millions of young people.

Until now, European leaders have been all but silent on international drug policy reform

Nick Clegg

Writing in The Independent, the former Deputy Prime Minister says: “We are, without doubt, losing the war on drugs.” Mr Clegg is to urge European leaders to make the case for a new global approach to drug abuse at a United Nations meeting next year. Many of them have switched tactics in recent years, tackling it as a health issue rather than a law and order problem.

Mr Clegg is being financially supported in his mission by Sir Richard Branson and the American billionaire George Soros,...

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