Quote Originally Posted by grantzer View Post
No he won't. It is possibly the only sensible option.

Being addicted to something is a health problem, and by treating it as such it allows addicts access to health care, counselling, and a whole range of services without fear of arrest.

If the government could bring itself to funding treatments other than methadone it might even bring the drug problem in Scotland under control.

I think tho, that the government is too scared to adopt any policy that older voters can be told is 'daft' for fear of losing votes. Older voters are often scared by things they read in the papers they buy.
Even when it is obvious they are being lied to
The 1971 misuse of drugs act controls possession, supply & production , rip that up and we're f*cked. You don't have to be auld to realise making drugs free and readily available in Scotland is a tad silly. Hopefully Westminster will never allow it.