Skewed approach: UK drugs policy is undermining Peel’s principles of policing

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Skewed approach: UK drugs policy is undermining Peel’s principles of policing

20 February 2019

By Neil Woods (LEAP)

Police tactics may disrupt drug supplies, but they cause more crime and even contribute to the use of children as a go-between in county lines, undermining Peel’s principles, says former Detective Sergeant and Chair of LEAP UK Neil Woods who argues it’s time for drugs laws to be reformed.