Doctor or criminal record
If your child had a problem with drugs, what do you think would help them most? A doctor’s appointment or a criminal record?
If your child had a problem with drugs, what do you think would help them most? A doctor’s appointment or a criminal record?
This research found that in 2014, the total estimated national spending on harm reduction in Hungary amounted to just €1.26 million. By contrast, researchers estimated expenditure on punitive drug law enforcement in the same year to be approximately €2 billion, almost 2,000 times the amount spent on harm reduction. If a tiny proportion of this expenditure was redirected to harm reduction this would transform harm reduction programmes in the country and save countless lives.
The UK Home Office acknowledges that the harshness of drug laws does not impact on drug use, but the risk of criminal charges can act as a barrier to seeking help…
…The criminal justice system has been used as a very blunt and uncaring tool…