This week, the government unleashed their much-awaited plan to tackle “recreational” drug use, with much of the rhetoric to-date centring around “middle-class cocaine users” and the need to implement “tough consequences” to tackle drug use. Whilst those in the drug policy reform space were anticipating the worst, there are small green shoots that offer reasons to be encouraged – even if there is still plenty of work to be done.
The White Paper on Drugs Policing: Unintended Consequences & the Need for a Whole System Approach
