Sadiq Khan is considering a surprising initiative to stop the killings on our streets – a pilot scheme that would decriminalise cannabis in three London boroughs. Under-25s caught with the drug would no longer be prosecuted. These young people would be offered speeding course-style classes or counselling instead.
Since he became mayor, Mr Khan has overseen an explosion of gang-related violence. Indeed, 2021 was the worst year for teenage killings in London on record. You might reasonably ask how decriminalising a major driver of youth violence can possibly be the answer to the bloodshed. But the war on drugs has been conspicuous for its failure. A new approach is definitely needed.
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The Telegraph
Published 4 January 2022
Harriet Sergeant 