THE POSITIVE NATION SAFER CLUBBING guide PART TWO
available than they have ever been. So if 'working' means restricting illicit drug use, the answer to this
question is a resounding No.
The HASC recommended expanding 'harm reduction' measures - educating people
on safer drug use - but stalled on major overhauls such as legalisation
of certain drugs.
So far, the proposals are as follows:
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Cannabis is already in the process of being reclassified from a Class B drug, to a class C drug, meaning that possession will be a virtually non-arrestable offence.
The HASC recommended that Ecstasy be reclassified from a Class A to a Class B drug, as did a Police Foundation Report two years before. Home secretary David Blunkett has rejected this idea. At present, you could still, in theory, receive a 14-year prison sentence for possession of ecstasy, but it's unlikely. The HASC even said there were valid arguments in favour of decriminalising E, but that it was too early to support this.
The government intends to expand heroin prescribing in the UK to 'intractable' opiate users, but has not indicated how this is to be administered. Currently five per cent of the country's GPs work with 50 per cent of its opiate users.
The HASC also recommended the consideration of setting up safer injecting rooms (aka 'shooting galleries') for users, but David Blunkett quickly rejected this
idea.
