Prince William asks if drugs should be legalised
Prince William asks if drugs should be legalised
Recovering addict tells Duke of Cambridge that legalisation of drugs is 'a good idea' and that money is being wasted on 'drug laws'
Prince William has asked recovering addicts whether they think drugs should be legalised.
The Duke of Cambridge’s unexpected intervention in the drugs debate came during a visit to the east London-based Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT), which provides services for alcohol and drug addicts and supports them in trying to get clean.
The first recovering addict to answer told him she supported the legalisation of drugs.
Speaking to three recovering addicts in an art room used by the Shoreditch-based charity, Prince William said: “Can I ask you a very massive question - it's a big one. There's obviously a lot of pressure growing in areas about legalising drugs and things like that. What are your individual opinions on that?
"I know it's a big question, but you seem like the key people to actually get a very good idea as to, you know, what are the big dangers there - what are the feelings?"
Heather Blackburn, the first to reply, said she thought the legalisation of drugs was "a good idea" and that money was wasted on "drug laws".
The 49-year-old added: "Most of the people I've known in recovery, 95 per cent, had massive trauma and terrible stuff happen to them and using drugs to cope and then you get put in prison, you don't get the facilities and the actual help .....
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