Extracts from Commons committee consideration of the Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2021 - June 16
Thursday, 17 June 2021 08:34
Sarah Jones (Croydon Central) (Lab):...We welcome this statutory
instrument, but I want to take this opportunity to remind the
Minister of his Government’s record on tackling the problem of
illegal drug use. Illegal drugs are a huge issue in this country,
and the Government must do more to tackle the problem. A Home
Office review concluded that drugs were “a major driver of the
national increases in serious violence over recent years”, mainly
as the crack and heroin markets were taken...Request free trial
(Croydon
Central) (Lab):...We welcome this statutory instrument, but
I want to take this opportunity to remind the Minister of his
Government’s record on tackling the problem of illegal drug use.
Illegal drugs are a huge issue in this country, and the Government
must do more to tackle the problem. A Home Office review concluded
that drugs were
“a major driver of the national increases in serious violence over
recent years”,
mainly as the crack and heroin markets were taken over by county
lines gangs. Part 1 of Dame Carol
Black's 2020 drugs review provided detailed
analysis of the challenges around drug supply and demand, and
noted:
“The illicit drugs market is big business, worth an estimated £9.4
billion a year. Around 3 million people took drugs in England and
Wales last year, with around 300,000 in England taking the most
harmful drugs (opiates and/or crack cocaine)...
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