Discuss critically how the criminal justice system has tackled drugs in England

Abstract

This essay critically discusses how the criminal justice system in England has tackled drugs. In order to answer this question, many topics have been raised in the essay. Therefore, brief background histories on the British drug problem and drug control legislation between 1900-1979 are first mentioned because the history would make us see the roots of the drug issues. Then the essay starts to analyze how current legislations have been applied to solve those problems, whether they are appropriate enough or not. Furthermore, one of the hottest issues in late October 2009, the reclassification of cannabis, is raised in this paper to emphasize how the criminal justice system works when politics does intervene the system. Lastly, the author suggests her own idea to improve the method to tackle the drugs.

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