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Politicians often say we must arrest, imprison or, in some countries, even execute people who use or supply drugs to keep them off our streets, and young people safe. But as a doctor, I know from long experience that whether young people choose to take drugs or not comes down to a complicated mixture of reasons.
Among others, these include peer pressure, state of mind, what’s currently fashionable, whether they enjoy the experience - even a desire to take risks, or rebel by sampling 'forbidden fruits'. But, perhaps counter-intuitively, harsh drug laws don't reduce drug use. And the evidence for this - including research by the UK Government - is clear. That, of course, strikes at the heart of our punishment based approach to drugs. But
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