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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Matthew Weaver

Are Britain's drug laws driven by 'moral panic'?

Should they be replaced by a system that acknowledges that most drugs do little harm to users? Should there be wider access to heroin on prescription and more "shooting galleries" where users can inject drugs?

These are all the recommendations of a controversial report today following a two-year inquiry on illegal drugs, by a commission set up by the Royal Society of Arts.

The Conservatives have condemned it as "disappointingly complacent". What do you think?

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