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The official guidance for the courts, which comes into force next month, also recommends a less draconian approach to the sentencing of “drug mules”.
The council says it recognises that mules are often women who have been coerced or exploited by organised criminals: judges should take a six-year prison sentence as their “starting point”, rather than the current 10 years, when considering cases of mules playing a “lesser role” in bringing in up to 1kg of heroin or cocaine….
“The whole system of sentencing for drug offences needs significant reform as the reality is that the UK gives longer sentences for supply than most other countries,” she said, pointing out that the starting point for importing a “medium amount” of heroin was 11 years while the starting point for a rape was five years.
The position of ecstasy near the bottom of the list was defended by Prof Nutt, who said that apart from some tragic isolated cases ecstasy is relatively safe. Despite about a third of young people having tried the drug and around half a million users every weekend, it causes fewer than 10 deaths a year. One person a day is killed by acute alcohol poisoning and thousands more from chronic use.
Prof Nutt said young people already know ecstasy is relatively safe, so having it in class A makes a mockery of the entire classification system for them. “The whole harm-reduction message disappears because people say, ‘They are lying.’ Let’s treat people as adults, tell them the truth and hopefully work with them to minimise use.”
