General Article UK drug policy: how seizing passports will not stop illicit drug use

Topic Selected: Drugs Book Volume: 444

UK drug policy: how seizing passports will not stop illicit dug use

Tammy Ayres, University of Leicester and Stuart Taylor, The Open University

In an attempt to clamp down on recreational drug use, the British government recently set out a three-tier system for dealing with people caught in possession of illegal substances.

A scale of punishments would be introduced for those caught in possession once, twice or three times. These would begin with a fine and culminate in a variety of deeply ...

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