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Class A drugs should be decriminalised and drug addicts "treated and cared for not criminalised", according to a senior UK police officer.
Writing in the Observer, Chief Constable Mike Barton of Durham Police said prohibition had put billions of pounds into the hands of criminals.
He said a controlled environment would be a more successful way of tackling the issue.
Mr Barton suggested this could be done through the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24320717
Writing in the Observer, Chief Constable Mike Barton of Durham Police said prohibition had put billions of pounds into the hands of criminals.
He said a controlled environment would be a more successful way of tackling the issue.
Mr Barton suggested this could be done through the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24320717