We have a bold long-term vision to deal with drug crime and to improve treatment. It will transform lives
Party drug users ‘are fuelling serious crime’
- Sajid Javid is the secretary of state for health and social care
Drugs ruin lives. The street where I grew up in Bristol was the centre of the local drugs trade, and I’ve seen first-hand the destructive impact they can have on people and the communities where they live. Addiction to drugs is thought to be linked to about half of all thefts, burglaries and robberies, and the use of powder cocaine alone drives a criminal market worth about £2bn.
People having a line of cocaine may not think that they’re causing anyone harm, or that they’re playing a part in a criminal enterprise, but they are actually the final link in a chain that has suffering, violence and exploitation at every stage.
Sajid Javid is the secretary of state for health and social care
