Drugs: Black Review Debate
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
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Drugs: Black Review
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
It is hard to legislate to prevent drug use when it is such big business for organised crime globally. Many equatorial countries destroy their rainforests so that they can grow drugs, because that is part of their economy. Are the Government looking at those two things: global organised crime syndicates and environmental devastation from drug growth?
Lord Kamall (Con)
The noble Baroness raises a very important point: we should look at this more globally, not just look at our country’s drug strategy in isolation. Various departments across government are looking at that and working with partners across the world, but I shall write to the noble Baroness in more detail.