Explain What We Understand About Drugs, Is Current Policy And Practice In The United Kingdom
Given what we understand about drugs, is current policy and practice in the United Kingdom, an appropriate response to the presence of illicit drugs within our society?
A drug can be described as a substance that has a physiological effect on the body when it is ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. Illicit Drugs are drugs that the sale, supply and manufacture of has been forbidden by law. When a person becomes mentally or physically dependent on a substance they are described as being ‘addicted’. Two of the main questions when trying to understand drugs and drug consumption are establishing who takes drugs and why do people take drugs. The Crime Survey for England and Wales 2012/13 (CSEW) estimates that 1 in 3 adults have taken illicit drugs and 8.2% have taken illicit drugs in the last year the same survey estimated that 36.7% of 16 to 24 year olds have taken illicit drugs in their lifetime whilst 16.3% of them have taken illicit drugs in the last year. There may be many reasons why people consume drugs; social causes of drug use, Different social …show more content…
Legal Ketamine has switched to veterinary medicine and as of January 2006 Ketamine is now a class C drug. It is believed that some Ketamine is smuggled into the UK illegally from countries such as India where it is sold illegally over the counter in some pharmaceutical Markets as a form of pain medicine (buckler 2011). The chemicals that are needed to make Ketamine have to be man-made so as a result Ketamine is difficult to produce and very hard to synthesise giving Ketamine that is sold illicitly a street value of £20 per gram. Data from the 2011 crime survey shows that Ketamine has become increasingly popular as they found that 714,000 16-59 year olds have tried Ketamine in their lifetime and 207,000 in the last
A drug can be described as a substance that has a physiological effect on the body when it is ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. Illicit Drugs are drugs that the sale, supply and manufacture of has been forbidden by law. When a person becomes mentally or physically dependent on a substance they are described as being ‘addicted’. Two of the main questions when trying to understand drugs and drug consumption are establishing who takes drugs and why do people take drugs. The Crime Survey for England and Wales 2012/13 (CSEW) estimates that 1 in 3 adults have taken illicit drugs and 8.2% have taken illicit drugs in the last year the same survey estimated that 36.7% of 16 to 24 year olds have taken illicit drugs in their lifetime whilst 16.3% of them have taken illicit drugs in the last year. There may be many reasons why people consume drugs; social causes of drug use, Different social …show more content…
Legal Ketamine has switched to veterinary medicine and as of January 2006 Ketamine is now a class C drug. It is believed that some Ketamine is smuggled into the UK illegally from countries such as India where it is sold illegally over the counter in some pharmaceutical Markets as a form of pain medicine (buckler 2011). The chemicals that are needed to make Ketamine have to be man-made so as a result Ketamine is difficult to produce and very hard to synthesise giving Ketamine that is sold illicitly a street value of £20 per gram. Data from the 2011 crime survey shows that Ketamine has become increasingly popular as they found that 714,000 16-59 year olds have tried Ketamine in their lifetime and 207,000 in the last