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Ex-drugs policy director calls for legalisation - The Guardian

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“A former senior civil servant who was responsible for coordinating the government’s anti-drugs policy now believes that legalisation would be less harmful than the current strategy. Julian Critchley, the former director of the Cabinet Office’s anti-drugs unit, also said that his views were shared by the “overwhelming majority” of professionals in the field, including police officers, health workers and members of the government.”

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The Guardian, 13th August 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).

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