Should drug laws be relaxed?
Relaxing, rather than strengthening, the punishments for drug use could be the best way to tackle the problem.
That's according to a report by the UK Drug Policy Commission. But not everyone agrees.
Find out more in this week's 6 Minute English with Neil and Jen.
This week's question:
How many people get sent to court in the UK every year for drug-related offences? Is it:
a) 4,200
b) 42,000
c) 420,000
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme.
Listen
Relaxing drug laws: a good idea?
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Vocabulary
- tolerated
accepted
- vices
bad or unhealthy habits and behaviour
- gambling
betting money
- on a par with
equal to
- implications
conclusions you can draw from something
- conventions
agreements
- civil penalties
punishment within society rather than in prison
