News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: PUB LTE: How to deal with drugs (LTE 3) |
| Title: | UK: PUB LTE: How to deal with drugs (LTE 3) |
| Published On: | 1999-08-24 |
| Source: | Guardian, The (UK) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 22:37:41 |
HOW TO DEAL WITH DRUGS
That Charles Kennedy's call for a royal commission has been slammed by
both Labour and Tory parties is indicative of their political
cowardice. A recent study in Holland showed that 2.5% of the
population over the age of 12 had used cannabis in the last month,
compared with 5.1% in the US. Dutch drug policy is far more successful
than ours.
The average age of heroin users in Holland is 39 and rising. In the UK
it is 26 and falling. We can and should act now and we could do far
worse than look to the Dutch as an example of best practice.
Danny Kushlick
Director,
Transform
That Charles Kennedy's call for a royal commission has been slammed by
both Labour and Tory parties is indicative of their political
cowardice. A recent study in Holland showed that 2.5% of the
population over the age of 12 had used cannabis in the last month,
compared with 5.1% in the US. Dutch drug policy is far more successful
than ours.
The average age of heroin users in Holland is 39 and rising. In the UK
it is 26 and falling. We can and should act now and we could do far
worse than look to the Dutch as an example of best practice.
Danny Kushlick
Director,
Transform
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