UK Drugs petition passes 100,000, Russell Brand offers to snog signatory live on air

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UK Drugs petition passes 100,000, Russell Brand offers to snog signatory live on air

13 February 2014

Britain's "hopelessly out-of-date" drug laws could now be debated in Parliament after 100,000 people signed a petition. The success of Caroline Lucas' campaign has prompted Russell Brand to promise to "snog" the 100,000th signatory live on Channel 4 News.

Brand's endorsement, plus the intervention on Sunday of Nick Clegg, has helped drive support for the petition, which must now be considered for debate by Parliament's Backbench Business Committee.

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It urges the Government to order a cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 within the next 12 months. Lucas argues that, as the Government is spending £3 billion a year on its drug policy, it is worth "checking whether Britain's current approach is value for money or money wasted".

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