Pubdate: Mon, 03 Nov 2014
Source: Daily Express (UK)
Copyright: 2014 Northern and Shell Media Publications
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Author: Jennifer May

SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT RELAX DRUG LAWS? YES

IT is time Britain started to treat drug addiction as an illness 
rather than a criminal offence ("Cameron slaps down Clegg over calls 
to relax the drug laws", October 31).

Putting people in jail for an illness instead of giving them the 
proper medical treatment they need isn't just counterproductive, it 
is also many times more expensive.

Not only that, custodial sentences do nothing to help the addict's 
problems and only make matters worse.

You wouldn't put an alcoholic in prison so why jail a drug addict?

Jennifer May,

Sunderland
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