The UK’s laws on drugs are racist as they disproportionately harm black communitiesThe weekend sought court intervention over oxygen supplies in New Delhi, a former adviser to the government has said.
Lord Woolley, who previously chaired the government’s Race Disparity Unit, said drugs legislation introduced 50 years ago continues to be used “as a tool of systemic racism”.
The crossbench peer added that the laws have failed to reduce the use, supply and harms associated with illegal drugs and is calling for a review on whether the Misuse of Drugs Act is fit for purposeWhat GESDA can do is basically to call attention before this thing escalates…(and) if diplomacy would come in befor.
A Home Office spokesperson said the government’s approach to the matter “will continue to strike a balance between controlling the harmful substances that cause so much harm whilst enabling appropriate access to drugs for legitimate purposes”s plan — criticized as stingy and clumsy — Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said Ottawa.
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