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Lib Dems ready to decriminalise all drugs
Ian Dunt
Politics.co.uk
September 8th, 2014
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Ian Dunt
Politics.co.uk
September 8th, 2014
Personal possession of all drugs should be decriminalised, the Liberal Democrats announced today.
The policy, featured in the party's 'pre-manifesto', is understood by Politics.co.uk to be a first step towards the complete decriminalising of all drug use.
This morning's document, setting out the Lib Dems' priorities in the next parliament, promised "further work" to divert users "into treatment or other civil penalties which do not attract a criminal record".
While the document does not use the word 'decriminalisation', senior Liberal Democrat sources told Politics.co.uk the pre-manifesto was adopting "the essence" of a policy document proposal which called on the UK to follow the approach used in Portugal.
Portugal decriminalised personal possession of all drugs in 2000.
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