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Norman Lamb: ‘It is ridiculous that we still put people in prison for personal drugs use’

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 09/10/2015 - 10:52

Norman Lamb spoke last night in Newbury at a panel discussion on drugs misuse and our current drug laws.

Norman said that he has thought through the “drugs danger” and whether it should receive a criminal response or a health response. He said he has concluded that there should be a health response. He alluded to John Stuart Mill’s ‘self-regarding acts’, where the state shouldn’t interfere and ‘other-regarding acts’ where some state intervention may be justified. He said that it is wrong to criminalise those suffering mental ill health who resort to drugs because of their condition. It is “ridiculous”, Norman asserted, that we still put people in prison for personal drugs use.

Warming to his theme, Norman declared:

The global war on drugs has been a catastrophic failure. We hand criminal networks hundreds of billions of pounds a year. What has it achieved?

To back up his points,...

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