Comment on Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas possession becomes illegal
Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social 1 year ago
"Today we are sending a clear signal to young people that there are consequences for misusing drugs. Both users and dealers will face the full force of the law for their actions,"
Criminalising the users has worked so well with other drugs, hasn't it? The war on drugs will be won any second now...
davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
drugs have already won. this is just a rearguard action before more sensible policy comes in. the UK is far behind on decriminalisation.
Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social 1 year ago
There's already evidence in the UK that a progressive approach works, but it has been forgotten about. Middlesbrough police trialled a scheme where they provided heroin users with their fix. All of a sudden, the users stopped committing offences to raise money for their habit, which in turn deprived dealers of a lucrative source of income.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
It’s not been forgotten about it’s been buried. They were not happy when they would advise to reclassify marijuana as a class C. That’s where we got the famous line “the public are tired of experts” from.