The UK Government spent an estimated £1.6 billion on drug law enforcement in 2014-15. Drug treatment has been cut by 14% in the past couple of years. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that is a false economy, especially as Public Health England estimates that for every pound spent on drug treatment, there is a £4 social return?
Drugs Policy
Proceeding contribution from
Mary Glindon
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 October 2018.
It occurred during Debate on Drugs Policy.
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2017-19
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