Tag Archive for Portugal

Drugs Again

Baroness Murphy

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…

The Portuguese experience

Lord Norton

The Times carried a substantial article last Friday on Portugal’s approach to drugs.  The Portuguese experience has been held up as a possible model for others to follow.  The article, by Chris Smyth, identifies the statistics that appear to bear out the aims of the reform.   Since the policy was introduced ten years ago, drug use among the…