Crime commissioner says its "ludicrous" to chase drug addicts who need help
David Jamieson is a major support of Drug Consumption Rooms, which have been a core part of drugs policy in most European countries - but are banned in the UK
Daily Record (UK)
Friday, November 6, 2020
Friday, November 6, 2020
The man running the UK’s most progressive drug diversion scheme believes it’s “totally ludicrous” for officers to seek to arrest drug users at a mobile drugs van in Scotland. David Jamieson, crime commissioner for the West Midlands, set up the Divert scheme in Birmingham to channel drug addicts committing low level crimes into treatment instead of jail. He revealed that, in just five weeks, more than 100 minor drug offenders have agreed to enter into treatment programmes instead of being dealt with in courts. He is a major support of Drug Consumption Rooms, which have been a core part of drugs policy in most European countries - but are banned in the UK.
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