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i think this is a step in the right direction, im not getting my hopes up or anything but ever step is still positive
http://clear-uk.org/home-affairs-commit ... nto-drugs/

Has the possibility to result in positive things if politicians don't screw it up. Why anyone would want to be a politician is beyond me! Oh......thats right.....because you get paid salary, and collect retirement after a few years of doing nothing. All because you talk like an asshole for a living?

Anybody bored enough to watch the leveson inquiry today,during the questioning of Colin Myler he was asked about the invasion of privacy re Michael Phelps whereby a photograph appeared of Phelps smoking cannabis.Myler is asked well smoking cannabis is hardly a criminal offence,which Myler responds well it is drugs,hopefully any inquiry will take this stance when questioning witnesses,we can live and hope.

from the link supplied by smeetiva,

The Committee will undertake a comprehensive review of drugs policy in the new year. The Committee will examine the effectiveness of the Government’s 2010 drugs strategy and the UK Government’s contribution to global efforts to reduce the supply and demand of illicit drugs. Specifically, the Committee will consider:

The extent to which the Government’s 2010 drug strategy is a ‘fiscally responsible policy with strategies grounded in science, health, security and human rights’ in line with the recent recommendation by the Global Commission on Drug Policy
The criteria used by the Government to measure the efficacy of its drug policies
The independence and quality of expert advice which is being given to the government
Whether drug-related policing and expenditure is likely to decrease in line with police budgets and what impact this may have
The cost effectiveness of different policies to reduce drug usage
The extent to which public health considerations should play a leading role in developing drugs policy
The relationship between drug and alcohol abuse
The comparative harm and cost of legal and illegal drugs
The impact of the transfer of functions of the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse to Public Health England and how this will affect the provision of treatment
The availability of ‘legal highs’ and the challenges associated with adapting the legal framework to deal with new substances
The links between drugs, organised crime and terrorism
Whether the UK is supporting its global partners effectively and what changes may occur with the introduction of the national crime agency
Whether detailed consideration ought to be given to alternative ways of tackling the drugs dilemma, as recommended by the Select Committee in 2002 (The Government’s Drugs Policy: Is It Working?, HC 318, 2001–02) and the Justice Committee’s 2010 Report on justice reinvestment (Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment, HC 94, 2009–10).”



I like the bit where it is going to look at the relationship between drug and alcohol abuse,so then this inquiry has decided before hand that Alcohol is not a drug