News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: PUB LTE: How to deal with drugs (LTE 4) |
| Title: | UK: PUB LTE: How to deal with drugs (LTE 4) |
| Published On: | 1999-08-24 |
| Source: | Guardian, The (UK) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 22:37:34 |
HOW TO DEAL WITH DRUGS (LTE 4)
The use of civil law and administrative measures for less harmful drug
use is currently being tried in South Australia. In other parts of
Europe responses to drug use - including low-level cannabis use -
involve civil penalties. An important part of any on-going debate
should be to examine the effectiveness of these policies and
investigate how successfully they could be applied here.
Roger Howard Chief executive, Standing Conference on Drug
Abuse
The use of civil law and administrative measures for less harmful drug
use is currently being tried in South Australia. In other parts of
Europe responses to drug use - including low-level cannabis use -
involve civil penalties. An important part of any on-going debate
should be to examine the effectiveness of these policies and
investigate how successfully they could be applied here.
Roger Howard Chief executive, Standing Conference on Drug
Abuse
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