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Wednesday, 21 August, 2002, 09:58 GMT 10:58 UK
Forum: Are Britain's drug laws working?
Harry Shapiro from Drugscope, the UK's leading drugs charity, answered your comments on 4x4 Reports: Wasted in an interactive debate at 2000 BST on Monday 19 August.
Cannabis is to be reclassified as a less dangerous drug to free up police to fight heroin and cocaine. Lambeth achieved national prominence because of a controversial experiment which saw police take a relaxed approach to the possession of cannabis - the trial ended in July. Police there are now raiding up to 12 "crack houses" a week. Does the "softly softly" approach work? About 2,400 teenagers in Britain are registered as heroin addicts by the Department of Health - but experts say that is just the tip of the iceberg. The use of drugs by young people in Britain increases sharply in the mid-teen years, government statistics prove. Are drugs education campaigns and treatment schemes failing our young?
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