Prohibition Has Failed – We Need A Radical New Drug Policy

Our approach to drugs is broken. Not only does it not work, it directly causes suffering that could otherwise be avoided.Yesterday in the Commons, an Urgent Question was raised concerning the tragic case of Alfie Dingley, a six-year old boy who suffers with severe epilepsy. He has been treated with medicinal cannabis in the Netherlands, which reduces the frequency of seizures, but does not have access to the same treatment here in the UK.These draconian drug laws have also been put to the test i