UK Labour party to ‘consider legalising all drugs’ including cocaine and heroin

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UK Labour party to ‘consider legalising all drugs’ including cocaine and heroin

17 September 2019

By Vincent Wood / The Independent

A Labour government could reportedly consider legalising all drugs if it was recommended by royal commission.

“There is nothing more important than preserving the life of our citizens," Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, told The Sunday Times. "Our current approach to drugs is simply not doing that."

She said the party would "establish a royal commission to review independently all drugs legislation and policy to address related issues of public health."

Labour would then follow its recommendations, if it suggested decriminalising some or all drugs including cocaine or heroin.

Overdose prevention clinics - state run facilities where users could safely inject themselves - would also be considered, Ms Abbott told the newspaper.