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« on: December 16, 2010, 02:44:57 PM »

Illicit drugs should be legalised, says former UK defence secretary Ainsworth

    * By Miranda Richardson, Sky News
    * From: NewsCore
    * December 16, 2010 6:33PM

FORMER UK defence secretary Bob Ainsworth believes illicit drugs should be legalised because prohibition has failed, Sky News reported Thursday.

The war on drugs has been "nothing short of a disaster" and it is time to study other options, including decriminalising possession of drugs and legally regulating their production and supply, Mr Ainsworth said.

Referring to the legalisation of alcohol in the United States after 13 years of prohibition, he said: "After 50 years of global drug prohibition it is time for governments throughout the world to repeat this shift with currently illegal drugs."

The Labour backbencher went on: "Prohibition has failed to protect us.

"Leaving the drugs market in the hands of criminals causes huge and unnecessary harms to individuals, communities and entire countries, with the poor the hardest hit.


Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/illicit-drugs-should-be-legalised-says-former-uk-defense-secretary-ainsworth/story-e6frfkui-1225972304739#ixzz18JTk9hBP
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