UKDPC calls for new drug policy research body

A new body is needed to assess existing and alternative drugs policies, and could be partly funded by assets seized from dealers, campaigners have said.

The UK Drug Policy Commission said billions of pounds a year were spent tackling drug problems, "without always knowing what difference it makes".

The new body would collect and share evidence so policy-makers were not "driving blind", the UKDPC said.

It called for politicians to establish a cross-party forum on the issue.

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