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88% of Backbencher Readers want drugs to be decriminalised.
A recent poll on this site shows that 88% of our readers would like to see drugs decriminalised in the United Kingdom. 6% disagreed with this and voted that Britain should not decriminalise
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Al Capone and the rise of the American Mafia
Al Capone, one of America’s most famous gangsters, rose to fame as the leader of the Chicago Mafia during the Prohibition era. Born in 1899, into a respectable family living in Brooklyn, Capone
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The Case for Drugs Legalisation: The Black Market
Many arguments in favour of drugs legalisation wouldn’t sound out of place in an American drama where a stroppy teenager tells their poor, under-appreciated mother “It’s my life, and my body, and I’ll
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Drug Legalisation: A Crack-ing Idea
Legalising drugs is common sense. As I have shown before legalising drugs does not increase usage, it makes them less harmful, they are already less harmful than legal drugs and legality hinders criminals
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Theresa May should listen to Portugal about drug policy
Is Britain moving towards less crime and less punishment? Lee Jenkins and Derek Van de Ver, Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a study into the bold drug policies adopted by one of our European partners,
Read More »5 things you didn’t know about marijuana
Derek Van de Ven, Parents, teachers and the government will tell you all sorts of things on how bad marijuana is for your body. We all know about the mental problems it can
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