Leading doctor urges decriminalisation of drugs

Former president of the Royal College of Physicians says blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health
The Guardian
Monday, August 16, 2010

One of the UK's leading doctors said today the government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health. "I'm not saying we should make heroin available to everyone, but we should be treating it as a health issue rather than criminalising people," said Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians.