Baroness Deech has already commented about the Select Committee on Misuse of Drugs (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmhaff/184/18402.htm). While I agree with much of her argument I take rather a different approach. I do not believe we should be ‘soft’ on drugs, on the contrary I think we should give an evidence based approach more serious consideration than we…
Baroness Meacher has tabled amendments at Report Stage of the Police and Social Responsibility Bill (for debate today Wednesday 13th July) to discuss the issue of ‘legal highs’. Mephedrone was one of the early ones, now there are clever chemists in China and indeed everywhere else creating new synthetic chemical stimulants every week. As one…
My Question for Short Debate, ‘To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to establishing a Royal Commission on the law governing drug use and possession’, has been scheduled for next Wednesday (9 March). It takes place for one hour, starting at about 7.30 p.m. Readers are very welcome to suggest points I…
We had a short (90 minute) debate yesterday evening about Drug Misuse Policy, initiated by Baroness Meacher. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has recently issued a discussion paper entitled From Coercion to Cohesion: Treating Drug Dependence through Healthcare, not Punishment. http://www.idpc.net/publications/unodc-from-coercion-to-cohesion-treatment. For nearly 50 years, ever since the first UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs…
