Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 12 members in total.

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INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY

That this House commends Health Poverty Action's report of February 2015, Casualties of War: How the War on Drugs is harming the world's poorest, which highlights how the predominant drug policy of prohibition has undermined attempts to tackle poverty and improve health; notes that this is confirmed by evidence presented in the report of January 2015, Drugs and Development: The Great Disconnect from the Global Drug Policy Observatory at Swansea University; is concerned at the alarming violence fuelled by the increased militarisation of repressive responses to the drugs trade; acknowledges the opportunity afforded by the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs in 2016 to help the poorest and most marginalised; and calls on the Government to recognise that drug policy should be treated as a health and development issue, not a crime and security issue, and to advocate this approach at UNGASS.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

881 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Ronnie Campbell

Martin Caton

David Ward

Grahame Morris

Subjects

Developing countries Drugs Misuse

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk