Leading doctor urges decriminalisation of drugs
Former president of the Royal College of Physicians says blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health
		
				The Guardian
Monday, August 16, 2010
	
	
	Monday, August 16, 2010
One of the UK's leading doctors said today the government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health. "I'm not saying we should make heroin available to everyone, but we should be treating it as a health issue rather than criminalising people," said Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians.
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