Decriminalise heroin and cocaine says Belfast drugs worker

BBC News (UK)
Friday, February 15, 2013

heroin_syringeOne of Northern Ireland's most senior drugs workers has said that class A drugs like heroin should be decriminalised, regulated and made available on prescription. "I think the impact of decriminalising, of regulating, of taking this activity out of the hands of organised crime, is the way to improve our society right now," said Michael Foley, the head of the Belfast Trust's Drug Outreach Team.