Secret report says war on hard drugs has failed
Martin Bright, home affairs editor
Sunday July 3, 2005
The Observer
A secret Downing Street report on crack and heroin, suppressed by ministers, has discovered that the government's war on drugs has failed.
The document, seen by The Observer, was one of several papers on key areas of government policy prepared by the strategy unit at the Cabinet Office and overseen by policy tsar Lord Birt.
Researchers found that stamping down on hard drugs through the police and courts had little effect on production and found no evidence that attacking drug supply had any impact on the harm caused by heroin and crack users. The full report provides a powerful argument for legalising drugs so they are not controlled by criminals.
Sunday July 3, 2005
The Observer
A secret Downing Street report on crack and heroin, suppressed by ministers, has discovered that the government's war on drugs has failed.
The document, seen by The Observer, was one of several papers on key areas of government policy prepared by the strategy unit at the Cabinet Office and overseen by policy tsar Lord Birt.
Researchers found that stamping down on hard drugs through the police and courts had little effect on production and found no evidence that attacking drug supply had any impact on the harm caused by heroin and crack users. The full report provides a powerful argument for legalising drugs so they are not controlled by criminals.
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