Friday, November 26, 2004

Blunkett pledges action on drugs / Politics.co, 25 Nov 2004

http://www.politics.co.uk/domestic-policy/blunkett-pledges-action-on-drugs-$7158276.htm
"The Home Secretary David Blunkett has promised that more drug dealers will be imprisoned and more drugs taken off the streets as the result of a major new anti-drugs campaign.


Urban areas are to be targeted across England and Wales in an attempt to close down 'crack houses and drug dens'. Powers available to the police under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act will also be used to seize dealers' assets, drugs and fire arms.

The second prong of the campaign will focus on drug rehabilitation and testing efforts with the number of treatment places being expanded. There will be a series of pilot projects, beginning in December, where young offenders will be required to attend drug treatment places as part of their community sentences. "