ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TO WAR ON DRUGS

Early day motion 446, tabled 30 October 2014 by Mike Wood (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House acknowledges the failure of the global War on Drugs; recognises that this approach increases gross human rights violations and the spread of hepatitis C; shares the view of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime that drug addiction is a health problem and not a crime; and calls on the Government to commit to meaningful engagement at the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs in New York in 2016, by giving urgent and comprehensive consideration to evidence-based alternative strategies including the legal regulation of drugs, as advocated by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 4, Plaid Cymru 2, Green 1, Independent 1.