The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA) underpins all UK drug policy, establishing criminal offences for a range of activities including possession, supply and production of specified ‘controlled drugs’.
Following an extensive data trawl, this new Transform report presents a summary of key available data on which to assess the effectiveness, in terms of costs and impacts of the UK’s Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, covering: criminalisation and incarceration; enforcement spending; drug-related deaths; prevalence of drug use; and drug availability.
Following an extensive data trawl, this new Transform report presents a summary of key available data on which to assess the effectiveness, in terms of costs and impacts of the UK’s Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, covering: criminalisation and incarceration; enforcement spending; drug-related deaths; prevalence of drug use; and drug availability.