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NACRO backs change in cannabis law
Nacro has backed calls for changes in the law on cannabis contained in the Police Foundation report on drugs laws published today (March 28). Paul Cavadino, Nacro’s Director of Policy, said:
"As a society we must strongly discourage the misuse of all drugs, both hard and soft. However, it makes no sense to throw the full weight of the penal system at cannabis users. It is a misuse of scarce resources which could be put to much better use in the fight against drug abuse.
Making cannabis possession a non–imprisonable offence punishable with fixed penalty fines would be a far more sensible approach. The resources now spent on processing cannabis users through courts and prisons should be switched to fund more drugs prevention initiatives and treatment programmes. This would be far more effective in tackling the drugs problem than unnecessarily criminalising many thousands of otherwise law-abiding young people every year."
Contact: Richard Garside, 020 7840 6460 (w); 0976 712 033 (m); 0181 670 7092 (h)
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