UK 'plainly losing' the war on drugs, claims Clarke

The UK is "plainly losing" the war on drugs – and may even be going backwards, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has said.

But he insisted he was opposed to decriminalisation and that the Government had no intention of relaxing the law.

Mr Clarke delivered his gloomy assessment when asked at the Home Affairs Select Committee what his long ministerial experience of dealing with the issue had taught him.

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