Deputy Prime Minister says Liberal Democrats will publish alternative strategy this year after completing study of decriminalisation in Uruguay and some US states
Nick Clegg has said that the war on drugs is "unwinnable" and that Britain must end the "conspiracy of silence" surrounding the issue.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that the Liberal Democrats will publish an alternative strategy this year after completing a study of the impact of decriminalisation of marijuana in Uruguay and some US states.
Mr Clegg, while stopping short of calling for full decriminalisation, favours a health-based approach to treating drug users.
He told the BBC that for too long politicians have refused to consider alternatives to the war on drugs because it is "all too controversial".
"If you are anti-drugs, you should be pro-reform," he told the BBC.
During a visit to Colombia he said that the war on drugs has led to "terrible conflict" and cost tens of thousands of lives.
Liberal Democrat calls for a Royal Commission to investigate Britain's drug policy have been rejected by the Conservatives.
Mr Clegg told The Sun newspaper that the war on drugs is ultimately "unwinnable".
Source: Source: http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/britains-war-on-drugs-unwinnable-says-nick-clegg/
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