On the one hand it's good that there is an official government report that says this, although iirc there was a select committee in the early 2000s that supported the same conclusion (and which David Cameron sat on) but ten years later nothing's changed.
On the other hand, the only parties that would put it into practice are the Lib Dems and the Greens, and neither are particularly close to forming a majority government any time soon, and as looks likely the next government will be Labour-led, and they're even more authoritarian on this subject than the Tories.
Less people have been using drugs year on year recently.
They have just moved over to the unknown dangers of Legal Highs to avoid criminal records, drug testing, dealing with dealers etc, thereby coming off the recorded usage stats.
I'm sure the total number of people preferring a psychoactive substance other than authority's bestowed single choice of alcohol is much the same as ever.
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Yeah, if you are the head of a drug cartel
On the other hand, the only parties that would put it into practice are the Lib Dems and the Greens, and neither are particularly close to forming a majority government any time soon, and as looks likely the next government will be Labour-led, and they're even more authoritarian on this subject than the Tories.
So nothing's likely to happen in the near future.
They have just moved over to the unknown dangers of Legal Highs to avoid criminal records, drug testing, dealing with dealers etc, thereby coming off the recorded usage stats.
I'm sure the total number of people preferring a psychoactive substance other than authority's bestowed single choice of alcohol is much the same as ever.
If that's the case, it could be due to the huge rise in legal highs.
While mephedrone was legal, ecstasy use plummeted.