Putting UK Drug Policy into Focus
Commentary on the short film ‘Putting UK Drug Policy into Focus’ and reflections on the morality of a criminal justice approach to drugs
7 Nov 2020A short film has been produced that explores some of the misconceptions fuelling the propagation of punitive drug policy, and what an alternative approach to drugs might look like.
The film features drug policy experts, including former members of the Home Office Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), Professor David Nutt and Professor Alex Stevens; current and former police officers; representatives of national and international advocacy organisations; and stakeholders who have been involved with the decriminalisation of the possession of drugs in Portugal, and the provision of drug consumption rooms across Europe.
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