Friday, March 9, 2007

Illegal drugs can be harmless, report says

I’m all for a spot of recreational usage, but I’m not sure about this two-year study which states that illegal drugs can be "harmless" and should no longer be "demonised".

The report said Britain's drug laws were "not fit for purpose" and should be torn up in favour of a system which recognised that drinking and smoking could cause more harm.

The RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs ,set up in January 2005, also called for the main focus of drugs education to be shifted from secondary to primary schools and recommended the introduction of so-called "shooting galleries" - rooms where users can inject drugs.

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