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Newsbrief:
Britain's
Brave
New
World
of
Drug
Testing
Gets
Underway
12/3/04
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/365
/britain.shtml
Last week, DRCNet reported
on plans by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to institute drug testing
of arrestees, who could then be charged with drug possession if traces
of drugs are found in their systems. The proposed measure is part
of a package of "tough on crime" bills Blair is touting as part of his
campaign to be reelected (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/364/blair.shtml).
But while those bills have
not even been formally introduced -- Blair said he would wait until after
the election, which it is widely believed will be called in May, to file
them -- a pilot project which does just that is already underway in Liverpool,
according to the Liverpool Daily Post. As of November 25, people
arrested for certain crimes in the Liverpool South and Liverpool North
police command units have been forced to submit to drug tests and are being
given a choice between forced drug treatment and unspecified penalty.
Criminal offenses that would trigger the drug tests include burglary, theft
and car crime.
The drug tests are not concerned
with marijuana, but persons found to have ingested Class A drugs, such
as heroin and cocaine, will face forced treatment.
"We are offering a choice,"
Prime Minister Blair said in his Queen's Day address last week. "If
you are a drug addict engaged in crime, you will be offered a way out through
treatment and help. If you refuse that offer, it will be made more
difficult for you at every stage in the criminal justice system."
And so Tony Blair's brave
new world of therapeutic justice commences.
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