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What is Decriminalisation?
Decriminalisation means possessing an illegal drug for personal use would not result in criminal punishment.
Drugs would remain illegal and drug supply would still be a criminal offence.
Why Decriminalisation?
Criminalisation does not deter drug use. Globally each year millions of people receive criminal records for drug possession with the young, black and poor most actively targeted. Besides the many who end up in prison it impacts severely on employment and education.