Anyone who's had people with drug addiction in their lives knows it's a health problem.
They've often suffered trauma, and can't get the support they need because it's so badly resourced.
Yet the Tories propose further criminalisation purely to pander to clueless reactionaries.
They've often suffered trauma, and can't get the support they need because it's so badly resourced.
Yet the Tories propose further criminalisation purely to pander to clueless reactionaries.
What's worse is politicians *know* legal crackdowns on drugs don't work
In 2002 David Cameron said: "I ask the Labour government not to return to retribution and war on drugs." As Prime Minister, he pursued those policies
They're doing this entirely for cynical partisan reasons
In 2002 David Cameron said: "I ask the Labour government not to return to retribution and war on drugs." As Prime Minister, he pursued those policies
They're doing this entirely for cynical partisan reasons
Watching politicians inflict pain on some of the country's most vulnerable people for electoral gain and nothing else isn't new, but it doesn't become any less nauseating.
Labour too know the war on drugs is a failed madness, but they're now defined by cowardice and nothing else
Labour too know the war on drugs is a failed madness, but they're now defined by cowardice and nothing else
Incoherent reactionary nonsense from Yvette Cooper, calling for the government to be even more hardline on drugs.
A rational Labour party would look to Portugal, which successfully treats drugs as a health, rather than a criminal, problem.
This is not a rational Labour party.
A rational Labour party would look to Portugal, which successfully treats drugs as a health, rather than a criminal, problem.
This is not a rational Labour party.
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