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​We Asked an Expert What Would Happen If the UK Decriminalised All Drugs

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 16:56

Thanks to polymath and biopic-waiting-to-happen, Richard Branson, we know that, this week, the UN were in the final stages of preparing a call for the global decriminalisation of drugs. According to their report, evidence suggests decriminalisation would reduce the number of drug-related deaths without increasing incidents of drug abuse. As such, the Office of Drugs and Crime suggest governments have a duty to change policy to suit the best interests of their citizens.

So far, so sensible.

Sadly, four days later, Branson's leaked document remains unreleased, presumably thanks to the "one government putting an inordinate amount of pressure on the UNODC [not to release the report]" that Branson mentioned in his statement. Shame. For now, it looks like we'll just have to hold out for a world where drug possession runs separate to the criminal system. But while we wait, there's nothing to stop us imagining.

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