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Should drugs be decriminalised in UK?

Illegal drugs lead to more than 2,500 deaths a year in England and Wales, and some other nations have decriminalised their use.

Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has asked Theresa May to consider the option, but she was not convinced.

On the Daily Politics, Mr Blunt debated with Peter Hitchens, an opponent of decriminalisation, and Labour MP Alison McGovern.

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