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Drug review could backfire

7.52.48pm GMT Wed 30th Nov 2005

Alistair Carmichael MP, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, responding to the announcement that the Government are to review the amount of drugs an individual can claim is for their own personal use, said:

"The Government was given ample warning during the passage of the Drugs Bill that this idea would backfire. Set the limit too low, and you treat all users as dealers. Set it too high, and many dealers will argue that the drugs were for personal use.

"If police and prosecutors take these proposals as a rule of thumb, a lot of dealers are going to be let off the hook."

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