Our drugs policies have failed. It’s time to reinvent them based on what actually works

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Our drugs policies have failed. It’s time to reinvent them based on what actually works

8 December 2016

By Alison Ritter

There is only one way to make better decisions about illicit drugs and so save lives and money: we need to change the way drugs policies are made.

The alternative is to remain stuck in the same futile cycle. Every time a young person dies tragically and needlessly at a music festival or dance party, our commentators clamour for our politicians to respond immediately.

We make drugs policies on the run. But policy quick-fixes are mostly ineffective and we find ourselves no better prepared to avert future tragedies or drug-related harm.

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