Is there not a danger that the “broad uses” clause will mean that good, middle-class white people, with houses where they can consume this drug in private, will be able to continue to do so and poor, working-class young people in parks, possibly predominantly black, Asian and minority ethnic, will end up being criminalised, as with many other drugs?
Dangerous Drugs
Proceeding contribution from
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 September 2023.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Dangerous Drugs.
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