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Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy | ||||
Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs | ||||
Volume 3 - Public Policy Options |
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Chapter 20 - Public Policy In Other Countries - UKUnited Kingdom[1][82]Ten-year strategy to battle drugsIn 1998, at the same time as the newly elected Labour government announced an imposing crime reduction program, it adopted a 10‑year strategy, based on a similar model, to combat drug abuse in the UK.[2][83] The strategy has four objectives:
Ambitious targets relating to the drug strategy have been set out in the Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator’s First Annual Report and National Plan, including:
Although the 10‑year strategy is supposed to focus on the most harmful drugs (heroin and cocaine), the number of people fined, cautioned and in some cases jailed for possession of cannabis still exceeds 100,000 a year.[3][84]
[1][82] This section draws
largely on the research report prepared for the Committee by the Library of
Parliament: G. Lafrenière, (2001) National
Drug Policy: United Kingdom. Ottawa: Library of Parliament, prepared for
the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs; available online at www.parl.gc.ca/illegaldrugs.asp. [2][83] Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain. [3][84] "Drug Laws: the
debate nobody wants", The Guardian,
May 14, 2001. |