Rapporten er utarbeidet av Transform en engelsk tenke-tank relatert til en human narkotikapolitikk, med fokus på legalisering.
På bloggen deres, kan du lese mer og laste ned rapporten. Den er verdt et studium.
Den gjengse oppfatning i England er vel ikke så forskjellig fra det den er i Norge og vi kan sitere:
‘The benefits of… [legalisation/regulation] – such as taxation, quality control and a reduction in the pressures on the criminal justice system – are far outweighed by the costs and for this reason, it is one that this Government will not pursue either domestically or internationally.”
Home Office Briefing, 2008
Men nå viser altså nye undersøkelser, det stikk motsatte.
For de av oss som har innsett at 40 års krig mot narkotika ikke har virket, er det interessant å se andre vinklinger enn forbudslinjen. Jeg kan i den sammenheng anbefale en artikkel som stod i Economist 5. mars i år: How to stop the drug war
Rapporten fra Transform har allerede fått oppmerksomhet i media:
The Today Programme: Drug policy "not cost-effective"
Guardian news: Legalisation of drugs could save UK £14bn, says study
Guardian Comment piece by Danny Kushlick: Immunised from scrutiny
Telegraph: Illegal drugs cost the country £16bn a year, says charity Transform
Financial Times: Call to review drugs legalisation
Mirror: Legalise drugs to halve crime
Metro: halve drug deaths by making heroin and cocaine legal
ePolitix: legalising heroin and cocaine could save £10 bn
Guardian Comment piece by Danny Kushlick: Immunised from scrutiny
Telegraph: Illegal drugs cost the country £16bn a year, says charity Transform
Financial Times: Call to review drugs legalisation
Mirror: Legalise drugs to halve crime
Metro: halve drug deaths by making heroin and cocaine legal
ePolitix: legalising heroin and cocaine could save £10 bn
