Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 December 2012.
Terms of Reference
Key facts
1 Introduction
Recommendations from the last Home Affairs Committee report on drugs policy
Drug driving
Increase in treatment places
Treatment in prisons
Prescribing diamorphine (heroin)
Education and prevention
The aims of drugs policy
2 Global drugs policy
History of international drugs control
The unintended consequences of drugs policy
Current international drugs policy
The impact of globalisation on the drugs trade
The balloon effect
The environmental impact of drugs
Links between drugs, organised crime and terrorism
Human rights abuses
3 Education and prevention
Current levels of drug usage
Drug education in schools
Government focus on prevention and education
The Inter-Ministerial Group on Drugs
4 Treatment
Current treatment options
How do we determine the most effective methods of treating addicts?
OST: Methadone and buprenorphine
Implementation of the Government's goal of recovery
Health and Wellbeing Boards
Payment by results
Prescription drugs
5 The legislative framework and law enforcement relating to drugs
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Drug-related policing
UK assistance abroad
Money laundering
The impact of austerity on drug-related policing
Identifying drug-related crime
Drug Intervention Programme
Dedicated drug courts
New psychoactive substances
Use of the internet
The effect of having a drugs conviction
Cross-Departmental strategy
6 Drugs in prisons
Drug use in prisons
Availability of drugs in prisons
Drugs addiction treatment in prisons
Drug recovery wings and support on release
Abstinence or maintenance?
Breaking the cycle
Lack of reliable data
7 Alternatives to Prohibition?
Comparison with alcohol
Decriminalisation and Legalisation
Case study: Portugal
The legalisation of cannabis in Washington State and Colorado
Implications of discussing drugs policy - politics and the media.
Appendix 1: Recommendations from the 2002 Home Affairs Committee report on drug policy: Paper by the House of Commons Library
Annex 1: Some of the drugs available in the UK
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 24 January 2012 Tuesday 21 February 2012 Thursday 22 March 2012 Tuesday 24 April 2012 Tuesday 19 June 2012 Tuesday 3 July 2012 Tuesday 10 July 2012 Tuesday 30 October 2012 Written Evidence Additional (Unprinted) Written Evidence Conference held in Portcullis House on Monday 10 September 2012
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Thursday 22 March 2012
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Written Evidence
Additional (Unprinted) Written Evidence
Conference held in Portcullis House on Monday 10 September 2012
