Drugs should be legalised, regulated, and taxed
This is not about whether you think drugs are good or bad. It is an evidence based position entirely in line with the public health approach to violent crime.
When law enforcement officers call for drugs to be legalised, we have to listen. So too when doctors speak up. Last month the Royal College of Physicians took the important step of coming out in favour of decriminalisation, (doi:10.1136/bmj.k1832) joining the BMA, the Faculty of Public Health, and the Royal Society of Public Health in supporting drug policy reform (doi:10.1136/bmj.j3461.)
Original Article (British Medical Journal):
Drugs should be legalised, regulated, and taxed
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