Julian Huppert: Khat is as potent as a strong cup of coffee and has no organised crime involvement – yet the government wants to spend £150m on a ban that would create far more severe problems
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Randy Collins's curator insight,
May 26, 2014 9:51 PM
A switch from local drug dealers to an online ones are becoming more common in the UK.
Randy Collins's curator insight,
April 7, 2014 3:01 PM
A move that has been long overdo. Attorney General Holder seems to be in support of reviewing Marijuana's Schedule classification. A significant feat if achieved. |
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We agree with the author of this article (Julian Huppert MP); the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; Professor David Nutt; Norman Baker MP; and everyone who has seriously considered the evidence: There's simply no case for banning khat.
And yet the ban is likely to get the go ahead because we have a system of drug control which is often only based on evidence which aligns with the pre-determined decision to ban. The arbitrary, actively anti-evidence decision to ban khat, highlights once again the importance of a proper debate about how psychoactive substances are best controlled.
If khat can be banned in 2014, when all the evidence points to this being a counter-productive policy in every relevant sense, how likely is it that all the currently illegal drugs are illegal for a good reason?